-Meditation-
1 Samuel 1:21-22
--TheSecretPlace--
Hello all. I would like to #1 apologize for not posting yesterday, and even though I fall sometimes, and mess up, I am so glad that there is grace for me.
I would like to acknowledge the great need we, and our nation are in right now in this moment to get on our faces before the LORD in prayer, crying out to Him for mercy on behalf of our nation, and this earth. The time we are in right now calls for the saints, the people of God to humble ourselves, pray, turn from our wicked ways, and seek the face of God, ONLY HE can give us mercy, and HE is our ONLY solution. We are in a moment right now that if we do not humble ourselves, and pray and seek the face of God, there is no telling what kind of evil and destruction is coming our way, but if we would HUMBLE OURSELVES, and CRY OUT FOR MERCY, then the LORD may turn His gaze upon us in mercy once again, His Word says if HIS PEOPLE would call upon His name, then He would turn, and heal our land, where is the cry in the hearts of the people of God?? We have begun to stand for comfort more than consecration, and that breaks the very heart of God. We have turned, and set our gaze on the things of this world that spoil and fade, but I believe there is still time to repent, and I believe we are in a season of mercy, it's not too late to call upon the Name of God, so I urge you earnestly to take into consideration what the most important things in your life are, and seek God's will for what He considers important for you.
It is time to pick a side America, and if we choose unwisely, if we choose the god of this age, rather than the God of heaven who was, and is, and is to come, we are stumbling into a war that will only only end up in bloodshed, and wasted lives.
JESUS CHRIST is the ONLY SOLUTION. We need to turn back to God America!! We need to turn our hearts back to Him in holy love, and in consecration.
Let's look into this scripture 1 Samuel 1:21-22
21 When the man Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow, 22 Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, "After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the LORD, and he will live there always."
Elkanah was so faithful to go to the house of the LORD to fulfill his vow to the LORD, we see here that Elkanah once again going to the house of the LORD after years of doing this to fulfill his vow, and I want to look at that very thing right now, a vow.
A vow is much more than just saying you are going to do something, and then mess up, and do it sometimes, and don't do it other times. A vow is much more sacred, and much more taken seriously.
A vow is a commitment that demands total faithfulness, and it is very significant. It is something you carry out for a long period of time, and a lot of the time, forever. For your entire lifetime. Marriage between a man and woman was created to last your entire earthly lives together. When we become Christians we become the bride of Christ, whom we are betrothed to. We will marry Jesus our Bridegroom, and be with Him forever, and ever, into eternity.
Here a few dictionary definitions:
1) A solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment.
2) A solemn promise made to a deity or saint, committing oneself to an act, service, or condition.
3)A solemn or earnest declaration.
Those are all weighty words, and definitions.
So Elkanah was serious about keeping his vow to the LORD, and at the time he had set apart to go to the house of the LORD he went, and probably had since he had made the vow. He was serious about spending set aside time for the LORD with the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
We can all learn from this, what would it look like in our own lives to set aside time for God, and actually hold to that time and purpose no matter what? My life would be different. Having to say no to other things going on because of a vow you have made to the LORD to spend time with Him during a set time, no matter what. You would probably get made fun of, be severely misunderstood by everyone but God, and feel like it is doing nothing for you, or God, but the truth is that we have not entered into the deeper reality of intimacy with Jesus. Lord have mercy on us if spending time with Him has become a chore. Jesus greatly honors our efforts, and our commitments to Him to spend time with Him, and this is the KING OF GLORY we are talking about, He honors you when you spend time with Him. Our prayers move Him to move, and destroy the powers and principalities of darkness that set themselves up against Him. Though the place of prayer is hard sometimes, the LORD sees us, and HE is so worth it all.
Hannah also had made a vow to the LORD, that we have a bit more detail on, and that is that if the LORD would give her a son, she would give him back to the LORD to minister to the LORD, IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. Well, God answered her prayers and gave her a son, and Hannah being completely faithful to her vow was preparing Samuel to be presented before the LORD, which is a huge deal. It would have been so easy for Hannah to keep Samuel, and not trust the LORD with him, but she chose to trust the LORD with her son, in giving her son to be the LORD's. This had to have been hard for her to face, because she wasn't just going to give Samuel to the LORD when their family went to Shiloh, and Samuel come back with them to Ramah, but she was giving him to the LORD for the rest of his life as a Nazirite. Hannah spoke as to be faithful to the LORD in fulfilling her vow. To be faithful we have to continually set ourselves on being faithful to the LORD.
We must set ourselves on being faithful to God no matter what the cost. Right now in the earth the LORD is calling His people to be faithful to Him, and many are facing persecution, and many are being martyred, but the truth is that the rewards, and the treasures in heaven, and where, and what we are going to be living in the age to come is WAY MORE WONDERFUL, and doesn't even compare to the worst sufferings we could endure on this earth that are only temporary for Jesus.
We have to determine within our hearts that Jesus is worth it all, and that He is worthy of pursuing in the ways He wants us to pursue Him.
Bless the LORD!!!
---Intercession---
Father, please let intercession rise up within Your people, and let their lives be living testimonies of faithfulness to You Lord. I pray that faithfulness, and love would be within the hearts of Your people God. Thank You for all that you do, and all you are doing. Bless You LORD!!! Please HELP US TO GET ON OUR FACES BEFORE YOU. I love You LORD. Thank You for the many opportunities You give us to be faithful to You. I love you Lord. In Jesus Name. Amen.
Be Blessed in the Name of the LORD.
Kasey
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