In 1 Samuel chapter 3, God calls out to Samuel in the night. Confused, the boy runs to Eli, his master, and asks him what he wanted. Eli tells Samuel he didn’t call him and sends him back to bed. The episode repeats itself two more times, but the third time, Eli tells Samuel to answer the voice, “Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.” Samuel obeys and God reveals what is going to happen to Eli’s family.

Sometimes in life the last thing we want to do is listen to God. We get confused by his voice, or we’d much rather listen to the world’s advice. Despite our wayward ways, God patiently calls out to us, and as we see in this devotional from Lutheran Hour Ministries, God is the only one who speaks real truth to us:

God continues to speak to His children through His Word, the Bible. But, at certain moments in our lives, we may turn a deaf ear. Instead of listening to the voice of God, we listen to the voice of the world. God wants to build a personal and intimate spiritual bridge between Him and us. I have experienced God’s intimate love during my lowliness. Learning, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to hear the voice of God through His Word will transform you.

God’s Word is life itself. Through it we find the eternal message of salvation won for each of us through the saving work of Jesus Christ. Yes, God talks to us and calls us to a life of devoted service and obedience.

Read the entire devotional at lhm.org.

Have you ever clearly heard God? Does the idea of responding to God by saying “Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening” scare you?

By: Chris. This entry was posted on Friday, April 30th, 2010 at 9:22 am and is filed under Devotional, Faith, god. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.