Squeeze the Sponge: It’s Time to Pour Out What’s In You

Let me be real with you—some of us have been sitting too long. Sitting in sermons. Sitting in workshops. Sitting with journals full of ideas. Sitting in stillness. Sitting in silence. Sitting in seasons we were never meant to call home. Just sitting… soaking.

But hear me clearly: you are not a decorative sponge made to look pretty on the sink. You were made to be used.

We can only hold so much before it becomes too much.

Like a sponge, you were created to soak up wisdom, experience, growth, and goodness—but not to hold onto it forever. A sponge that never gets squeezed will eventually stop serving its purpose. It gets heavy. Saturated. Stagnant. What once refreshed you starts rolling off and making a mess instead of a difference.

You weren’t designed to hoard revelation. You were meant to pour it out.

Sometimes God will squeeze you—not to harm you, but to release what’s in you. The ideas, the prayers, the encouragement, the lessons, the testimony… somebody out there needs what you’ve been holding. You think it’s small. You think it’s not ready. But it’s exactly what someone else needs to hear, feel, or experience right now. And when you release it, you make room for more.

More growth. More clarity. More anointing. More creativity. More direction. But that “more” won’t come if you’re still full of what you were supposed to pour out last season.

Let this be your reminder: there is purpose in the squeeze. That pressure? It’s not punishment. It’s preparation. Because what’s in you is valuable, and it’s time for it to come out.

No more just soaking. It’s time to be squeezed, poured out, and used in the most beautiful way.

Quote of the day:

“The sponge that never gets squeezed becomes stale—release what’s in you and make room for the new.”

Let’s Pray About It:

Lord, I’ve been soaking long enough. I don’t want to sit still in what You’ve given me and let it waste away. Squeeze me, stretch me, and use me. Let what You’ve poured into me now pour into others. I trust the process, even when it feels uncomfortable, because I believe there’s purpose in the release. Amen.