A Leader Is Born in the Most Unlikely Circumstances and He Proves to Be Powerfully Effective
A leader is born in the most unlikely situation, but at a time when a real effective leader was so needed in the nation.
Following the birth of Samuel in the most amazing circumstances; circumstances of barrenness and hostility and spite and being provoked and amidst much grief and pain and weeping, and that dear woman Hannah prayed and when Samuel is born she rejoices.
I have been reading prayerfully and studying carefully in the first book of Samuel and these first three opening Chapters in particular.
Do read them.
We have to go through some terrible experiences at times before we can rejoice, and even then it may be sore and costly.
The disciples of Jesus knew all about that.
We have here an amazing picture of good and evil alongside each other, almost simultaneously.
Hannah's rejoicing in Chapter 2 comes from the heart.
In the Lord God Almighty, Hannah became strong.
God had sent her into a terrible spiritual situation.
There was moral and spiritual complacency, led by the priests.
We see here too that you cannot circumvent the will of God, and the ways of God, and get away with it for long! Hannah was able to boast over all her enemies.
This was because God gave her victory.
God enabled her to overcome the terrible trials she had to endure.
So often we react too often to our feelings and we react according to our emotions, and we see that here.
This is the true story of what happened and why these things happened.
God delivered her.
God is not slow and God is never inactive.
His work is often far advanced long before we ever become aware of it.
The first thing He has to do is sink a foundation so that the work will be long term and stable and last.
If He wants you to do something over forty years we must not expect Him to do something next week.
God was working in this young life, left in this appalling boarding school, because that in reality was what it was, and those is charge of it were not the most brilliant of mentors morally or spiritually or academically! Something else was going to happen and it did and it transformed the nation for many generations.
Might that be needed in the nation where you live? Some of us are seriously wondering if we can emerge from the present current financial and moral and spiritual crisis without such a leader being raised up by our Creator God! Sandy Shaw
Following the birth of Samuel in the most amazing circumstances; circumstances of barrenness and hostility and spite and being provoked and amidst much grief and pain and weeping, and that dear woman Hannah prayed and when Samuel is born she rejoices.
I have been reading prayerfully and studying carefully in the first book of Samuel and these first three opening Chapters in particular.
Do read them.
We have to go through some terrible experiences at times before we can rejoice, and even then it may be sore and costly.
The disciples of Jesus knew all about that.
We have here an amazing picture of good and evil alongside each other, almost simultaneously.
Hannah's rejoicing in Chapter 2 comes from the heart.
In the Lord God Almighty, Hannah became strong.
God had sent her into a terrible spiritual situation.
There was moral and spiritual complacency, led by the priests.
We see here too that you cannot circumvent the will of God, and the ways of God, and get away with it for long! Hannah was able to boast over all her enemies.
This was because God gave her victory.
God enabled her to overcome the terrible trials she had to endure.
So often we react too often to our feelings and we react according to our emotions, and we see that here.
This is the true story of what happened and why these things happened.
God delivered her.
God is not slow and God is never inactive.
His work is often far advanced long before we ever become aware of it.
The first thing He has to do is sink a foundation so that the work will be long term and stable and last.
If He wants you to do something over forty years we must not expect Him to do something next week.
God was working in this young life, left in this appalling boarding school, because that in reality was what it was, and those is charge of it were not the most brilliant of mentors morally or spiritually or academically! Something else was going to happen and it did and it transformed the nation for many generations.
Might that be needed in the nation where you live? Some of us are seriously wondering if we can emerge from the present current financial and moral and spiritual crisis without such a leader being raised up by our Creator God! Sandy Shaw
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