daily devotionals for july 31st today's scripture reading will be first samuel 3 verses 9 and 10.
therefore eli said to samuel go lie down and it shall be if he calls you that you must say speak
lord your servant hears. so samuel went and laid down in his place now the lord came and
stood and called as at other times samuel samuel and samuel answered speak for your servant tears
you know the lord has never stopped speaking he speaks to his children today often times i believe
many have become like eli you know eli was the old priest that it says his eyes had grown dim and his
hearing had gone bad so he no longer that's a real picture of the body of christ sometimes
we just become complacent and we no longer hear the voice of the lord and we no longer
have eyes to seed we have we've stopped having visions and we don't really quote seek the lord
so you know eli told him you go again you know because the lord had called him a few times
and samuel was just a little boy he didn't understand so now he's saying you go and if he
calls you again this is what you say your servant answers him okay and i believe that is still
active today we need to have ears to hear we need to be listening don't be so busy
and so distracted that you can no longer hear the lord we need to put things aside
so that and make time for the lord he's he's wanting to speak to his children but are we
really wanting to hear from him you know we can't with all the busyness of the world and all the
you know having the internet is great etc but sometimes we get so distracted so caught up in
what everybody else is doing on social media that we don't set things aside to hear what the lord is
really saying so if you have just a private place you can go if it's in the morning or late at night
or just any time that you can sneak away with the lord do that say lord your servant is here what
are you saying you know i like to start my day with asking the lord as to who or what or where
he would have me to pray for you know different people or places whatever whatever's on the lord's
heart and everything is really on the lord's heart but what specific does he want me to pray that day
and then once he gives me the who or the what or the where then i seek him for what is the word
you want me to pray for that person or place etc so you'd be surprised how effective that can be
it's like habakkuk he waited he brought his petition to the lord but then he waited
to hear what the lord would speak and then you release that word okay it's very effective so
let's have a heart like samuel wait to see what the lord is saying you know the word that
that the lord gave samuel was not very encouraging at all for eli but the lord god spoke to him
and then eli said son what did he say don't hold anything back and of course it wasn't good news
for eli or his sons but it's okay let's have an ear to hear and then be faithful you know
when we hear what the lord says the other part of that is being obedient
hearing what he says and then obeying what he tells you okay children till next time be blessed