Speak Lord, Your Servant is Listening

1 Samuel 3-5; Psalms 77; 2 Corinthians 8 

“…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.’…The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed himself to Samuel through his word. And Samuel’s word came to all Israel.”

1 Samuel 3:8-10, 21

Why did Samuel need to acknowledge the voice he was hearing at night was the Lord’s?

Why didn’t the Lord just say to Samuel what he wanted to say?

God’s Word to us is not just a message; it is based on relationship. 

Our relationship with the Lord is now through the blood of Christ and indwelling Holy Spirit, but are we listening?

Samuel learned humility and the fear of the Lord. He understood he was a servant of the living God.

Will we listen to the Word of the Lord with the attentiveness of the Lords’ servants, willing to obey with faith, hope, and love?

As we listen and obey, God’s Word will be shared through us to others so that they, too, might know the Lord.

“Lord Jesus, speak. Your servant is listening, for your glory.”