{"id":77,"date":"2019-07-29T16:03:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T16:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covenantmoravian.com\/index.php\/watchword-reflections\/monday-reflection-july-29-2019-the-answering-god\/"},"modified":"2019-07-29T16:03:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T16:03:37","slug":"monday-reflection-july-29-2019-the-answering-god","status":"publish","type":"watchword","link":"https:\/\/covenantmoravian.com\/index.php\/watchword-reflections\/monday-reflection-july-29-2019-the-answering-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Reflection \u2013 July 29, 2019- The Answering God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monday Reflection   July 29, 2019  The Answering God\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MuiQEVXypHI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Lord has granted me the petition that I made to him. 1 Samuel 1:27<\/p>\n<p>From I was very young, and I imagine the same for most of you, I learnt and sung frequently the chorus, \u201cWhisper a Prayer in the Morning\u201d. I have always loved the second verse, \u201cGod answers prayer in the morning, God answers prayer at noon, God answers prayer in the evening, so keep your hearts in tune.\u201d This simple chorus affirms the truth that God leaves no prayer unanswered. We may not like the answer, but God always answers.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah, and by extension her son Samuel, is a testimony to answered prayer. Hannah had gone to the temple to lay her burden to the Lord \u2013 she desperately needed a son. She went to the temple, passed Eli at the temple doors and entered the sanctuary of the Lord with bitterness in her soul. She prayed to the Lord, wept in anguish, and poured out her soul before the Lord. Such was not in vain, for God granted her request. In celebration and fulfillment of her promise to the Lord, Hannah took young Samuel and dedicated him to the Lord. Hannah shares her testimony with Eli pointing out that the Lord has granted her petition.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, while Eli was weak and his sons were wicked, Elkanah and Hannah prayed to the Lord. Deliverance had come to God\u2019s people from the little village home, and not from the sacred Tabernacle. Isn\u2019t this true of most situations in the Bible? The world\u2019s Redeemer came from the manger at Bethlehem, not from palace, nor from the temple at Jerusalem. God has a mysterious way of doing his work, often confusing us and turning things upside down. After all, God\u2019s standards are not ours, and his thoughts and ways are higher than ours.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah named her son Samuel and this was intended to be a lifelong reminder to him that he was the Lord\u2019s. How critical it is for us to dedicate our children to God in their infancy! It is also an indication that we cannot begin to serve God too young. Let\u2019s think of little Samuel knowing something about worship at three years old! We should carefully foster and nurture our children in the fear of the Lord. Indeed, the tender blade must precede the full corn in the ear. We should also be deliberate in praying for them. We hear the story of Samuel Budgett who, at nine years of age, was passing his mother\u2019s door and heard his mother engaged in earnest prayer for her family and for himself by name. He thought, \u201cMy mother is more earnest about my soul than I am.\u201d In that hour he decided to serve Christ, and the impressions thus made were never effaced.<\/p>\n<p>I wish to also emphasize that we should let others know the benefits we have received from the Lord. Hannah spoke to Eli of her answered prayers. Not just that, but in the chapter that follows today\u2019s text, Hannah breaks out into prayer and song declaring God\u2019s holiness, knowledge, might and purpose. We readily speak well of a friend who does us a kindness, but how often do we testify of God\u2019s goodness to us? We must never be afraid or shy to share of God\u2019s faithfulness and care extended to us. Infact, we should use every opportunity to do so; we can never tell how such will encourage another in their journey and cause someone to surrender to the Lord. May God be honoured through our witness. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>Jermaine Gibson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/MuiQEVXypHI The Lord has granted me the petition that I made to him. 1 Samuel 1:27 From I was very young, and I imagine the same for most of you, I learnt and sung frequently the chorus, \u201cWhisper\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","watchword_topic":[11],"class_list":["post-77","watchword","type-watchword","status-publish","hentry","watchword_topic-prayer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monday Reflection \u2013 July 29, 2019- The Answering God - Covenant Moravian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/covenantmoravian.com\/index.php\/watchword-reflections\/monday-reflection-july-29-2019-the-answering-god\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monday Reflection \u2013 July 29, 2019- The Answering God - 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