25d (edited) • Devotional Studies
1 Samuel 1:11
“Then she made a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.””
Look at the specifics of Hannah’s prayer. She didn’t ask for a female child but a male child and spoke the standards of someone predestined to be there. Predestined for her to birth. I want you to read this metaphorically. Glory that was predestined for her to birth.
Hannah knew the type of child she was going to birth before giving birth to the child. Before conception, she knew how the child needed to be. Before she received the child, she recognized the child through the longings of her heart.
You will sometimes know what you are about to conceive before conceiving it. Hear me, you will sometimes know what’s for you before it’s for you. It was meant for Hannah to give birth to Samuel and devote him to the Lord. She knew the purpose of the child she was desiring before receiving the child.
Don’t run away from the longings of your heart as you await the promises of God. Continue to pray. Continue to yearn and may the Lord lead your heart to pray according to His purpose just as He did for Hannah.
In Hannah’s sacrificial worship came provision. The sacrifice was her desires—her wants. Before her prayer, she prayed for a child with intention of pleasing herself but once she gave her desires unto the Lord, He aligned her to the purpose of why she was going to birth a child. Not for her glory but for His.
When you are faithful to God then He will too be faithful to you. In her prayer of faith, led her to abundance. The Lord needed Hannah to first align to what He needed for her to do for Him first which was come into alignment with the purpose of her birthing her first child and then coming into agreement with His will by devoting the child to God.
1. Surrender
2. Submit
3. Obey
One act of surrender can open multiple doors of breakthrough for you. The Lord needed Hannah to align to Him first before she could receive more from Him and in her surrender met with obedience she received more than what she asked for which was more children. Obedience brings forth blessings only He can bring.
Surrender your desires to Him first, submit yourself in understanding that He is faithful at His word and obey Him at His instructions for Him to establish His word to you and watch these blessings overtake you. Blessings you didn’t even ask for.
But even now God is highlighting to me, Hannah kept the vow she made to God. He granted her petition by doing what she asked according to His will and for her to receive increase she had to keep her word by bringing the child to Him. That is what unlocked the door to the overflow. Obedience.
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1 Samuel 1:11
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