Read: 1 Sam. 1-3
God’s ways are so higher than our ways. I think of this when I read today’s reading. Hannah’s name means “favored” and she was the favored wife of Elkanah but God had closed her womb and she couldn’t bear children. Was God waiting for her to give the child to him before he would give her one. I don’t know but that is what happened. After Hannah finally conceived and had Samuel, she gave him to the Lord and had five more. Hannah gave Samuel to the Lord…or to Eli when he was two years old. I wonder what Eli did with a two year old! I bet Samuel rocked his quiet world.
The day Hannah gave her baby to Eli, she prayed the most wonderful prayer. I can imagine it was through tears and anguish of heart. It was more of a declaration of who God was and a prophecy of what the Messiah would do. He would raise up the poor out of the dust and lift the beggar and set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory. Jesus does that every time a person comes to salvation.
Eli’s sons were very wicked and didn’t fear the Lord or respect the sacrifices to Him. They made a mockery of the holiness of God by having sex with the women that came to the tabernacle to worship. Eli talked to them but continued to allow them to minister as priests. God sent Eli a prophet to rebuke him and told him that no one in his family would grow old but die in their prime. But, Samuel feared God and worshipped Him with purity of heart. God began to speak to Samuel at an early age and established his ministry in Israel.
Lord, may we be like Samuel and be trusted to know Your secrets.
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