BE SWIFT TO HEAR GOD AS SAMUEL: HE STILL SPEAKS TODAY!
“Now the boy Samuel MINISTERED to the Lord before Eli. And THE WORD of the Lord was RARE in those days; THERE WAS NO WIDESPREAD REVELATION . . . 3 and BEFORE THE LAMP of God went out in the tabernacle of the Lord where the ark of God was, and while Samuel was lying down, 4 that the Lord CALLED Samuel. And he ANSWERED, “Here I am!” . . . 10 Now the Lord came and stood and CALLED as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “SPEAK, FOR YOUR SERVANT HEARS . . .” 1 Samuel 3:1-21.
Open up your hearts as Samuel, to hear God speak to you specifically and specially. He’s your Father God in Christ Jesus stead. Run toward Him today in Christ Jesus through THE WORD and the Holy Spirit, to hear Him out for yourself – in everything concerning you and your life in grace. It’s time to stop hiding from yourself and your Father God.
Turn on your hearing ears and hear God with listening hearts. Ignorance is destructive. Misinformation, disinformation, falsehoods, and adulteration come from second-hand or third-person information. You need to hear God for yourself and be forever free to do life and live godly in the grace and BLESSEDNESS that defines you in God’s cause. Be SWIFT to HEAR God speak to you through His WORD in Christ Jesus stead. For in His WORD, you are truly BLESSED with His BLESSEDNESS in the grace.
“So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be SWIFT TO HEAR, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God . . . 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and CONTINUES in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a DOER of the work, this one will be BLESSED IN WHAT HE DOES” James 1:18-25.
Own your life and own your decisions no matter the path it takes you. It’s healthier than taking diluted and distorted information that leads you away from the SAYINGS of God for your healthy wellbeing in the grace. HEARING God for yourself, like Scriptural Prophet Samuel help’s you to complete the fulness of you no matter the number of books that purpose will require of you. Resolving the issues of life comes from within you and you can only do that by what you let in, when you incline your hearing hearts to God’s SAYINGS to you as young Samuel did.
“My son, GIVE ATTENTION TO MY WORDS; INCLINE YOUR EAR TO MY SAYINGS. 21. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the MIDST OF YOUR HEART; 22 For they are LIFE to those who find them, And HEALTH to all their flesh. 23 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life” Proverbs 4:20-23.
“For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. 45 A GOOD MAN out of the GOOD TREASURE OF HIS HEART brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART HIS MOUTH SPEAKS” Luke 6:43-45 [Matthew 12:33-37].
“. . . 11 “Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man” . . . 18] But those things which PROCEED OUT OF THE MOUTH come from the HEART, and they defile a man . . .” Matthew 15:11,18 [10-20].
Just like there’s a sound waves conveying radio and video messages of the radio and Television stations around you, there’s also a spiritual waves of God speaking that’s in operations even when you can’t tangibly sense it – see it and feel it – but can visibly and virtually see it’s reality when you turn on the audio and video device’s that makes it all possible. So, turn on your hearing and listening hearts to God’s sayings to hear Him.
For God doesn’t operate or speak to His own through a vacuum but through His WORD. For His word is life and light and personified in the grace [John 1:1-5, 14; 1 John 5:7]. And by HEARING God like Samuel, you personify His presence and land in a place of grace and BLESSEDNESS in His stead.
I challenge you today, to give your hearing hearts to God to hear Him. And when you do as Samuel, you can then say: SPEAK LORD, YOUR SERVANT IS HEARING. YES LORD, your child, the believing one in Christ Jesus stead, that SERVES acceptably and worship you worthily in spirit and in truth.
“For we are the circumcision, who WORSHIP God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh” Philippians 3:3.
“. . . 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the TRUE WORSHIPERS will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth” John 4:19-24.
Be blessed in the grace with God’s BLESSEDNESS as you hear Him for your today and tomorrow, while fulfilling His plan, purpose and pursuit for you in the grace.
SELAH – PAUSE! THINK!
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“Now the boy Samuel was ATTENDING to the SERVICE of the Lord under the SUPERVISION of Eli. The WORD of the Lord was RARE and PRECIOUS in those days; VISIONS [that is, new REVELATIONS of divine truth] were not widespread. 2 Yet it happened at that time, as Eli was lying down in his own place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well). 3 and the [oil] lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, 4 that the Lord called Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.” 5 He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli said, “I did not call you; lie down again.” So, he went and lay down. 6 Then the Lord called yet again, “Samuel!” So, Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli answered, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” 7 Now Samuel did not yet KNOW [or personally experience] the Lord, and the word of the Lord was not yet REVEALED [directly] to him. 8 So the Lord called Samuel a third time. And he stood and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you did call me.” Then Eli understood that it was the Lord [who was] calling the boy. 9 So Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down, and it shall be that if He calls you, you shall say, ‘SPEAK, LORD, FOR YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 Then the Lord came and stood and called as at the previous times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel answered, “SPEAK, FOR YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING.” 11 The Lord said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will ring. 12 On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I have spoken concerning his house (family), from beginning to end. 13 Now I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the sinful behavior which he knew [was happening], because his sons were bringing a curse on themselves [dishonoring and blaspheming God] and he did not rebuke them. 14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the sinful behavior of Eli’s house (family) shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.” 15 So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the Lord’s house. But Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. 16 But Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he answered, “Here I am.” 17 Then Eli said, “What is it that He said to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do the same to you, and more also, if you hide from me anything of all that He said to you.” 18 So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. And Eli said, “It is the Lord; may He do what seems good to Him.” 19 Now Samuel grew; and the Lord was with him and He let none of his words fail [to be fulfilled]. 20 And all Israel from Dan [in the north] to Beersheba [in the south] knew that Samuel was appointed as a prophet of the Lord. 21 And the Lord continued to appear in Shiloh, for the Lord REVEALED Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord” 1 Samuel 3:1-21/Amplified.
REV. CHUKIE MORSI