Samuel was three old when his mother Hannah left him with Eli, the high priest, to foster the child as a servant of God. Hannah had promised God she would do this. While Samuel was still a child, one night he awoke to a voice calling his name. This happened three times.
Eli served as father, teacher, and counselor to Samuel and was wise enough to realize a defining moment was occurring. Listen to Eli’s counsel to Samuel: “Go and lie down, and when you hear your name called by the Lord, say, ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.’” For the rest of his life Samuel knew God had called him to be his servant.
If you are ready to experience God’s defining moment or have already experienced it, then how you are to respond to his purpose and directions will become clear. Your reward will be peace because you are not resisting, as well as assurance because all is well and right in your heart and soul – for God has spoken and you have listened.
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Therefore,
if any one is in Christ Jesus, he or she is a new creation; the old has passed
away, for the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled
us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
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