1 - 21 God Calls SamuelYoung Samuel is ministering to the Lord under Eli. One night he is sleeping under the Ark when he hears a voice crying, "Samuel! Samuel!" He goes to Eli, who tells him to go back to bed. When this happens three times, Eli realizes the Lord must be talking to Eli. He tells him, "Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, 'Speak, Lord, for thy servant hears.'" (This is a good prayer . . . )
Samuel does this, and the Lord tells him that He will do everything that He has spoken against the House of Eli. The next morning, Eli asks Samuel what the Lord says, and Samuel tells him. Eli says, "It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him."
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Two things:
That is a good prayer - "Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening."
Here is evidence that God reveals himself to us at His time.
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.
21 The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revelaed himself to Samuel through his word.
Samues grew up in the church, the priest's aid, and didn't know God until God wanted him to.
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