Day 90 a note from God: I Samuel 1-3

The LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”

Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

I Samuel 3:10 NIV






Samuel heard the Lord’s voice but he thought it was Eli. In these days, it was rare for the Lord to speak directly to people. We do not know whether Eli had ever heard the Lord’s voice, but he taught Samuel the proper way to reply to the Lord -“Speak, for your servant is listening.”

How often we long to hear from God. I wonder how many times we have missed God speaking to us because we did not know how to respond - “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

We fill our days with "noise" and while others speak we devise our responses.

We pray asking God to speak, but we rarely pause to allow God to speak.

May we learn from Samuel to respond - “Speak, for your servant is listening.”