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Day 100: Know the LORD

4/9/2020

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Today's Reading: 1 Samuel 1:1-4:11

I was struck by a couple of things in my reading this morning. 
One: that Samuel's mother, Hannah, was willing to give up the son she so desperately wanted-and it was her idea to do so.
Two: That you can spend your life serving the Lord and not know Him.  Let's look at Samuel's life.  In verse 2:11 we read this: "and the boy (Samuel) served the LORD by assisting Eli the priest." and again in verse 2:18, "But Samuel, though he was only a boy, served the LORD."
So this is the part that really catches my attention (highlighting is mine):

Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.  One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle* near the Ark of God. Suddenly the LORD called out, “Samuel!” “Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?” He got up and ran to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So he did. Then the LORD called out again, “Samuel!” Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go back to bed.” Samuel did not yet know the LORD because he had never had a message from the LORD before. So the LORD called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” Then Eli realized it was the LORD who was calling the boy. So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, LORD, your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to bed. And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”  -1 Samuel 3:1-10, NLT

Even though Samuel had served the LORD for many years he did not know the LORD.  That is a sobering thought.  Can we go about our lives, even lives serving the Lord and not know Him.  From this text I think the clear answer is yes.  But I look to what else the above passage has to say: "Samuel did not yet know the LORD because he had never had a message from the LORD before."  I will tell you once again why it is important to read our Bibles.  It is the clearest message we have from the LORD.  If we really want to know Him we have to start by reading what He has to say-what He tells us about Himself.  The Bible is the clearest picture we have this side of heaven.


May grace abound,
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Day 99-Our Kinsman Redeemer

4/8/2020

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Today's Reading: Ruth 4:13-22; 1 Chronicles 2:9-55; 1 Chronicles 4:1-23; 1 Samuel 1: 1-8

I actually want to back up to yesterday's reading of Ruth.  Here we see in action the role of the kinsman redeemer.  So just what is this person and why are they so important?  The nearest of kin was given the responsibility of redeeming his kinsman's lost opportunites.  If the person was forced by circumstances into slavery, his redeemer paid for his freedom.  If a person was overwhlemed by debt that threatened to take all he had, the kinsman could step in a pay off the debt, saving the home and livelihood of the family.  If a man died wihtout leaving an heir the kinsman gave his name by marrying the widow and raising a son to hand down the name of his kinsman.  When a person was killed by another the kinsman acted as the avenger of blood and pursued the killer.  
Ruth is such a lovely picture of this kinsman redeemer.  She was in great need, unable to rescue herself and her mother-in-law, Naomi, quietly and respectfully directed her to request that Boaz cover her with his protection, redeem her, and make her his wife.  It is a beautiful picture because it is also a picture of what Jesus has done for us. 

We too were in great need, we too had a debt that we could never repay, we too would lose our lives if our kinsman redeemer had not stepped in to pay our debt, to rescue us, to save us.  He covers us with His protection and has made us His bride and has blessed us forever.  In this Easter week I want to focus in remembrance on my Redeemer-on our most amazing Brother who came as our Kinsman Redeemer.  

May grace abound,
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