1 Samuel 2:18 KJV
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
I am reminded if Genesis, "But Noah found grace..."
The circumstances could hardly have been worse in Israel. These were the days of the judges when every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
• There is no leadership
• There is little to no devotion to the Lord and the priests are a wreck
• Eli has lost control of his sons who are in the ministry with their father but have made the people to despise the offerings to God
But in the middle of this wretched description we find that word, "But Samuel ministered before the Lord..." God had a man, though only a child at this time, waiting in the wings for that day when God would raise him up to give spiritual restoration and to anoint the King, David.
Whatever time we might find ourselves in we may rest in the assurance that God has somebody prepared to bring His people back to Him. Who that might be, When that might be, Where that might be, I do not know. I do know God has not left us without a witness and a way to return to Him.
It could be that the next one is Jesus Christ Himself. What a day that will be when Jesus we shall see!
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
I am reminded if Genesis, "But Noah found grace..."
The circumstances could hardly have been worse in Israel. These were the days of the judges when every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
• There is no leadership
• There is little to no devotion to the Lord and the priests are a wreck
• Eli has lost control of his sons who are in the ministry with their father but have made the people to despise the offerings to God
But in the middle of this wretched description we find that word, "But Samuel ministered before the Lord..." God had a man, though only a child at this time, waiting in the wings for that day when God would raise him up to give spiritual restoration and to anoint the King, David.
Whatever time we might find ourselves in we may rest in the assurance that God has somebody prepared to bring His people back to Him. Who that might be, When that might be, Where that might be, I do not know. I do know God has not left us without a witness and a way to return to Him.
It could be that the next one is Jesus Christ Himself. What a day that will be when Jesus we shall see!
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