A new day dawning for you?
1 Samuel 3:13, For I told him(Eli) that I would judge his family for ever because of the sin he knew about; his sons made themselves contemptible and he failed to restrain them.
We have already seen how God first spoke to Samuel in the night time when everything was silent and still. Samuel needed the optimum conditions to learn to hear God’s voice. No doubt later as prophet of the Lord it was much easier for him, but in the beginning he needed peace for the word to come through.
Eli, the priest, knew that God was speaking to the young boy Samuel which made the word doubly difficult to receive. God had already told Eli that he and his family were going to be judged and removed from the priesthood.
We may think we are getting away with things because God doesn’t judge at once, but God is a God of justice and if we don’t confess(say the same as God) and repent(turn around or think again) then judgement will eventually come.
So the first word God spoke to Samuel was to tell him judgement was coming to the house of Eli the priest. But this word was also important for Samuel, it began to establish him as a prophetic voice for Israel in Shiloh.
1 Samuel 3:19,20 The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up and He let none of his words fall to the ground. And all Israel recognised that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.
It also set the course for his life as the coming prophet and judge in God’s tabernacle in Shiloh. It was a new day for Samuel and for the people of Israel.
Is God speaking to you today? Does He have something new for your life in the year ahead? Maybe for you this season of training is over and it’s your turn to step up into a new level of calling for your life. Don’t be afraid, He won’t let your words fall to the ground either.
Be bold and determine to enter into all that God has for you today.
God bless you and God bless Israel on Hanukkah.