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Pastor Bob Ezatoff Season 2 Episode 17
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"Fill your horn with oil and go." These simple yet profound words from God to Samuel carry life-changing implications for every believer today. When Samuel mourned over Saul's rejection as king, God didn't join his pity party—He gave him marching orders.

What does it mean when God rejects someone? The truth might surprise you. It's never God who rejects us; it's we who reject Him. Through Saul's story, we discover the dangerous progression of disobedience, deception, and people-pleasing that led to his downfall. Though anointed by God Himself, Saul chose his own path rather than God's commands.

Many believers today find themselves in similar patterns—wanting God's blessing while keeping those areas of life we think are "okay" but actually compromise our walk with Christ. We desire His power without His purity, His provision without His lordship.

The message challenges us to examine our response when life gets difficult. Do we sit and mourn like Samuel, or do we follow the examples set throughout Scripture? Joshua shouted victory before the walls fell. Paul and Silas praised God in prison chains. When storms rage against us, that's precisely when our praise should be loudest!

What makes the difference between merely surviving and truly thriving in your spiritual journey? The answer lies in being filled with the Holy Spirit—that oil Samuel was commanded to carry. Without this divine anointing, we function at a fraction of our spiritual potential. As the pastor powerfully states, "You need an unction to function."

Ready to move beyond where you are to where God is calling you to go? His command hasn't changed: fill your horn with oil—receive the Holy Spirit's power—and GO where He sends you, confident that He has already prepared the way.