Hannah’s Song of Thanksgiving

1 Samuel 2:1-36

What a contrast between the son of Hannah and the sons of Eli – ‘the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord…in the favor of the Lord’, ‘the sons of Eli were worthless men; they had no regard for the Lord (21,26,12). This is the difference between ‘the children of God’ and ‘the children of the devil’ (1 John 3:10). God’s Word speaks to us with a promise and a warning: ‘those who honor Me I will honor and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed’ (30). Let your attitude to the Lord be summed up in the words of Hannah: ‘There is none holy like the Lord, there is none like Thee; there is no rock like our God’ (2). Let us find our joy and our strength in the Lord: ‘My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exulted in the Lord’ (1). May the Lord help us to be ‘His faithful ones’ who walk with Him (9).

Charles Cameron, better known as Charlie to his friends, lives in Scotland and is a member of the Church of Scotland. He owns several Christian blogs found at the following links:

Old Testament; New Testament