-Meditation-
1 Samuel 1:12-16
--TheSecretPlace--
Hello all! I just want to say to you all that the LORD has great plans for your life, and loves you with all that He is.
I am loving this scripture, and am learning from it, and pray that you would also be learning from it.
So let's continue on in it.
V.12---> "As she kept on praying to the LORD, Eli observed her mouth."
Man. #1 I love how Hannah continues to pray, she doesn't just make a vow, and then leave, because remember she is broken-hearted, and to get over what you are absolutely broken-hearted takes way longer than 15 minutes, usually it takes days, Hannah had been hurt like this in her heart for years, and it built up in her to the point where she is at right now, crying out to the LORD.
#2 It is also notable that Hannah continued to pray with all of her heart to the LORD even as Eli was right there, 'observing' her. Sometimes people don't exactly want to just pour out their souls in a kinda quiet room, except for the bawling, where their pastor is just watching and observing them, that could be a little awkward, but the LORD saw Hannah, and even though Eli was in the room Hannah did not care, because Eli couldn't fix her problem, Eli could not heal her broken heart, but Hannah knew the LORD could so she continued to cry out.
It is so normal sometimes to just 'make a deal' with God, and then go on back to life as it was before, but the LORD is looking for those who will make deeper commitments with Him, not just 'deals' that is He gives you what you want, then you will give Him all you are. He wants all you are even before He gives you anything. He wants your complete, and total surrender to His will. He is does not respond to those who just want Him for what He can give, but He wants children who come to Him just to be with Him, no matter who is looking, and no matter who is not looking, those who love Him with all of their heart soul mind and strength. Will we be the ones He is looking for? I believe that we are completely, and totally capable of all He wants us to be, and do. So don't let anything stop you if you desire to be what He is looking for. He wants you, and He wants your love.
Let's give Him ourselves!
Let's throw ourselves into His will, into His heart, and His LOVE.
V.13-14--> (13) Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk (14) and said to her, "How long will you keep on getting drunk? Get rid of your wine."
#3 To pour out your heart to the LORD can be humbling, and to be so broken you appear to be drunk, and in that be as misunderstood as Hannah was can be a hard thing. Hannah was just pouring out her soul to the LORD, she was praying, and speaking to the LORD in her heart, and as she was doing that in all of her brokenness, Eli got the idea that she was drunk, and came to her, and completely misunderstanding her, thinking she was crazy, told her to get rid of her wine, but Hannah had no wine to get rid of, and she was not drunk at all, except for maybe in her tears.
Hannah was at a point where she needed to be understood, and held close to the LORD, and the LORD was the only One who really, truly understood her totally. He is ALL we need, right when we need it most.
How are we going to be people to pour out our souls to the LORD, understanding that He is most likely the only one who understands us, and how are we to be okay with that?? Well, that is just what we are going to do, and there are no magic formulas, there are no absolute ways to do that, we just have to choose to get to the secret place, and rest on the LORD, and just fellowship with Him in the ways we know to.
I encourage you to get to the secret place that is where you will truly be found by the LORD, and that is where you will find rest, and peace, and direction in the ways you should go.
So GET TO THAT PLACE!
V.15--->(Hannah's reply) (15) "Not so, my lord," Hannah replied, "I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the LORD.
Hannah told Eli that she was not drunk, had not been drinking, but was deeply troubled. She told Eli that she was pouring out her soul to the LORD. Hannah wasn't playing games, but was completely serious in her brokenness, and in her fellowshipping with God, and was bold in her statements to Eli. You can tell that she is in a serious state of mind right now, and that she is seeking the LORD in her hearts desires.
We need to be people to cry out to the LORD, and to stand on behalf of our cry to others, and that is exactly what Hannah was doing. In boldness she told Eli exactly that she was troubled, and what she was troubled about. In every circumstance, we really need to be found on our faces, seeking the LORD's favor, and will for our lives, WE CANNOT DO THIS ON OUR OWN!!!!
We need the LORD's improvision, and help to go on with our lives.
V.16---> (16) Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief."
Lastly, here, Hannah tells Eli to not get the wrong idea, but to understand where her heart was, and that she was just merely broken, and needed the Lord's touch. She told him that out of her great anguish, and grief she was there. She didn't have any need to hide anything from him, so she told him the truth, and sat there in the LORD's temple, completely given to the LORD, before the LORD, and also under Eli.
We do need to get to the place where we just pour everything out before the LORD, and give ourselves to Him completely. More importantly though, we all need to get to the place of just loving on Jesus for who He is. He loves that so MUCH!! Love gives all. Love is all we need, and GOD IS LOVE. God is all we need. =] Love Love Love.
---Intercession---
Father please help us to understand that through all of our brokenness, and pain you are with us, and You help us through it all. Remind us that You are worth all of the trouble, and struggle in this life Lord, and I pray that we would just rely on You, and Your love. Thank You for loving us Lord, and for the revelation, and knowledge of you. I pray that You would fill us more, and more with a spirit of wisdom revelation in the knowledge of you, and fill us with the knowledge of your will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. I love You LORD!! In Jesus' Name. Amen.
In Peace, and Love in Jesus!
Kasey
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