Giving To The Lord

-April 10, 2024-

Good morning beloved, happy Wednesday,

“Then she made a vow and said, ‘O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.”

(1 Samuel 1:11).

Hannah was one of the greatest women and mothers in the Bible. She was barren and unable to have a child. It wore her down and severely burdened her heart. She went to the temple and prayed earnestly to the Lord. She pleaded before the Lord.

She not only prayed, but she promised that if the Lord would give her a son, she would give him to Him all the days of his life. God was faithful to her and she honored her commitment and vow to Him.

She brought her son Samuel to the temple to live there and serve the Lord. He was just a little tot with a great future for the Lord. He became a great prophet, priest, and judge in Israel.

It would have been easy for her to love her son so much that she would not give him up. Not Hannah. Because she gave Samuel to the Lord, He blessed her tremendously. 1 Samuel 1:21 says, “And the Lord visited (or attended to) Hannah, so she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the Lord.”

Everything we have belongs to the Lord. We are stewards of the manifold grace of God. We can never out give the Lord. In particular we must give our children to the Lord, our time, our money, our possessions, our talents, and abilities to the Lord as well. God will use what we give to Him to do great and mighty things. Mothers you never know if you are raising a Samuel. It is a huge privilege and responsibility.

Have a blessed day giving to the Lord, holding nothing back. Stay safe and healthy.

Giving as we are given, makes life on earth worth livin’.

Dean