“There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.”
1 Samuel 2:2 NIV
This verse comes from Hannah’s prayer when she took her son Samuel and dedicated him to the Lord and left him, though young, with Eli in the temple. Having a son of my own I can imagine the grief she would also feel at giving up the son she had longed for for years. Samuel was only a little boy and he is left with a man who has two wicked sons of his own. After Hannah’s prayer the scripture goes on the talk about a Eli’s wicked sons. What hope will Samuel have to grow up into a godly man, yet he does. However, his sons are also wicked, perhaps this is where Eli failed him.
The whole of Hannah’s prayer is worth reading. Such a prayer speaks of a mighty faith in the Lord. Hannah went on to have three more sons and two daughters. Samuel served the Lord faithfully and was a mighty man of God in Israel. He appointed Saul and Israel’s first king and David as the second.
A mighty heart before the Lord is one of prayer and faithfulness to the Lord. Amen!
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