Posts with the category “1samuel”

Watching for God to AnswerReading: Habakkuk 2:1-4 — The prophet stations himself to watch and wait for what God will say, trusting that the answer will come even if it requires patience.Prayer is not ...  Read More

Seeking God Before ActingReading: Psalm 27:7-14 — The psalmist pleads for God's presence, refuses to act in fear, and resolves to wait on the Lord with confident expectation.The Israelites at Mizpah m...  Read More

The Long Road Back to GodReading: 1 Samuel 7:2-4 — After twenty years, the people of Israel finally turn back to the Lord with whole hearts and put away their foreign gods.Twenty years is a long time ...  Read More

The Danger of Using God for Our Own PurposesReading: 1 Samuel 4:1-11 — Israel presumes upon God's presence by bringing the Ark into battle, expecting automatic victory, and suffers devastating defeat....  Read More

Seeking His Direction, Not Just His BlessingReading: Psalm 46:10 -- God calls His people to cease striving, to be still, and in that stillness to know and recognize who He truly isThere is a significa...  Read More

Speak, Lord, I Am ListeningReading: 1 Samuel 3:7-10 -- Samuel, still young and unfamiliar with God's voice, is instructed to respond with openness and availability rather than his own wordsSamuel's re...  Read More

Holy GroundReading: Exodus 3:1-6 -- God instructs Moses to remove his sandals because the ground on which he stands is holy, establishing the weight and reverence due to God's presenceMoses was not pe...  Read More

God Will Not Be ManipulatedReading: Isaiah 55:8-9 -- God declares that His thoughts and ways are entirely beyond human comprehension and cannot be reduced to human strategies or formulasThe Israelites...  Read More

When Our Plans FailReading: Proverbs 3:5-7 -- a call to trust God completely rather than leaning on human understanding, acknowledging Him in all directions of lifeThe Israelites marched into battle a...  Read More

Entering His Presence IntentionallyReading: Hebrews 13:5, James 4:8God has made an unbreakable promise: He will never leave nor forsake His people. Yet so often we live as though He is absent, simply ...  Read More

Present in the Religious System, Absent from GodReading: Matthew 7:21-23, Isaiah 29:13Jesus warned plainly that many who performed religious acts in His name would hear the devastating words, "I never...  Read More

The Noise That Drowns Out GodReading: Psalm 46:10, Mark 1:35Psalm 46:10 calls us to be still and know that God is God. In Mark 1:35, we see that even Jesus withdrew from the noise of ministry and crow...  Read More

Tuning In to the Voice of GodReading: 1 Samuel 3:8-10Three times Samuel heard his name called, and three times he missed it. It was not until Eli gave him the framework to listen that Samuel could res...  Read More

The Silence Before the VoiceReading: 1 Samuel 3:1-7Samuel lived at the center of Israel's religious life, yet the text says he did not yet know the Lord. This is a sobering reminder that proximity to ...  Read More