In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.
Judges 21:25 New Living Translation (NLT)
“Lord Almighty, if you will only look on 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…”
1 Samuel 1:11 New International Version (NIV)
The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions. One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was. Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, “Here I am.” And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” But Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down. Again the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” “My son,” Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
1 Samuel 3:1-10 (NIV)
“Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.”
“What God is after is a person so yielded to Him, so completely surrendered, that his (or her) heart is easily moved by the Spirit of God to the purposes of God.” – John Eldredge
In the course of time, David inquired of the Lord. “Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” he asked. The Lord said, “Go up.” David asked, “Where shall I go?” “To Hebron,” the Lord answered. So David went up there…
2 Samuel 2:1-3 (NIV)
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.”
Revelation 3:20 (NIV)
“Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.”
Shema Hear and obey
Hear (Shema) O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and mind and strength.
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (NIV)
God will speak to you, in His way, in His timing, if you are willing to yield to Him
“Individually, the disciple and friend of Jesus who has learned to work shoulder to shoulder with their Lord stands in this world as a point of contact between heaven and earth, a kind of Jacob’s ladder…Thus the disciple stands as an envoy or a receiver by which the kingdom of God is conveyed into every quarter of human affairs.” – Dallas Willard
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