-Meditation-
1 Samuel 1:9-11
--TheSecretPlace--
It says that when they had finished eating, and drinking Hannah stood up, but we know from previous verses that Hannah did not eat at all, but instead sat through the meal with meat on her plate, miserable, watching everyone else eat. Eli was sitting in a chair by the doorpost of the LORD's temple.
Have you ever been so sad that you wouldn't eat? Have you ever been so miserable that even when those closest to you tried to comfort you and make you feel better, all you do is push them away? Because you have one thing on your mind pretty much eating you alive, whether you are depressed, sad, or just not in a good mood. Have you ever had something like that occur to you for years in a row? Hannah did, and she came to the only place left to go before going low, and that was before the LORD.
V.10--->"In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to the LORD."
Hannah was brought to this place before the LORD. She got to the point where she couldn't take it anymore, all of the hurt, all of the people looking down on her, the insignificance she felt, she wasn't strong enough at all to go on with life with all the hurt in her heart from her barrenness, and her brokenness. She decided to bring it before the LORD, what else did she have to lose?
In all of your pain, and in all that you have gone through, or are going through right now the LORD is the only one whom we can turn to and get any result from. No matter what He hears your prayers, and He cares for you. He carries our pain, and hurt, and worry so we don't have to. I encourage you to in EVERY circumstance turn to the LORD, because He is the only one who can help you the way you need help, and that is true for every person. Even if you are still in the place of crying out, continue on in that!! Continue to give to LORD no rest until you hear from Him, He wants more than anything for His people to come before Him loving Him for who He is, and to those who delight themselves in Him, He gives to them the desires of their hearts.(Psalm 37:4)
V.11--->"And she made a vow, saying, "O LORD Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head."
Hannah decided after all of that, after all of those years, and after all of that hurt she didn't want the burden she was carrying, and she made a vow to the LORD declaring that if He would give her the desire of her heart, she would give it all back to Him. If the LORD would give her a son, then she would give him back to the LORD as a Nazirite. That is a very rare thing. Back then to have children was one big deal, but to have a son as your firstborn is a HUGE deal, and Hannah was saying "LORD please give me a son, and I will give him back to You FOREVER."
She laid this before the LORD and continued to cry out.
The main thing I want to lay before you right now is that no matter what you want, no matter how badly you are hurting, and no matter what you are broken over you can, and I advise you to always go to the LORD in prayer, HE HEARS YOU. HE WANTS TO BLESS YOU. And He loves to hear your voice crying out to Him.
Will you turn to the LORD in your brokenness? To take the stand to get on your face before the LORD is humbling, and surrender is hard, but to do that and in return the LORD work on your behalf is the best deal anyone could make no matter what. The price is complete surrender, but the prize is the LORD, you gain LOVE and there is no one, and there is nothing better!!!
---Intercession---
Abba I just pray Father that we would be strengthened to acknowledge you in all of our ways so that You may make our paths straight. I pray that we would have complete, and total reliance on you LORD. I also pray Jesus, that we as the people of God would have such dependence on Your Word that our hearts, and minds are continually filled with truth. I pray that our love for You would increase, and that we would not just go through the motions of every day 'Christian life' but instead would live in such a way as to model a Spirit-filled life in Christ unlike anything anyone has ever seen, and my prayer is that this would touch Your heart, and that You would be blessed by that. Lord, let faithfulness to Jesus rise up within Your people, and begin to deeply take root in Your Bride.
Thank You for how you are already doing this, and I just ask that You would continue to do this in the burning jealous passion of Your heart for Your Bride.
Come Lord Jesus.
In the Name of Jesus.
Praise the Lord.
Kasey.
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