Memorise: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt
glorify me. Psalms 50:15
Read: 1st Samuel 1:9-13, 9 So
Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had
drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.
10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of
hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid,
and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine
handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now
Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was
not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
Bible in one year: 2nd Samuel 3:1-5:16, Proverbs 10:8-21
MESSAGE
There
is one thing that a child of God needs to know and do when he or she
needs a miracle. This is to call upon the Lord in prayer. What is a
miracle and why do we need it? Simply explained, a miracle is the
supernatural intervention of God in the affairs of men. This
intervention basically alters the established laws of nature. At times,
the devil manipulates some natural phenomena to deny human beings some
basic things that make life pleasant. For example, when Jesus Christ was
travelling in a ship with His disciples, the devil manipulated the wind
against them so that they may suffer a shipwreck. The disciples went to
Jesus Christ in the ship and cried for help. Matthew 8:26 says:
“And
he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he
arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great clam.”
Some
so-called children of God are so hypocritical that, even in the
presence of the Lord, they still pretend as if all is well, whereas they
have unimaginable issues with their spiritual, physical, material and
financial needs. In the case of the disciples, they cried to Him for
help; they told Him exactly how they felt about the tempest. The danger
of death was imminent and the disciples did not pretend as if nothing
was wrong. So, Jesus Christ responded to their cry and stilled the
storm. I pray that as you cry to the Lord today, He will not just hear
but also respond to your cry in Jesus’ name. The storms in your life
will miraculous cease today in Jesus’ name.
In
our Bible reading for today, we see what one must do when he or she
needs a miracle. Hannah needed a miracle, but from year to year she had
been going casually to Shiloh until that wonderful year when she
realised she needed to do what she had not been doing before; she
offered fervent and heart-rending prayers. She prayed so hard that she
lost her voice and Eli thought she was drunk. At times when I see how
some of my children pray at our periodic meetings at the Redemption Camp
in Nigeria, I rejoice because the tempo of their prayers signifies that
they are people who need urgent miracles.
“And she was in bitterness of soul, and
prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore… now Hannah, she spake in her heart;
only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought
she had been drunken.”
1st Samuel 1:10, 13
The
amazing thing about the above story is that Hannah was not even
offended, when she was misunderstood by the high priest who was supposed
to know when an individual was in serious communion with God. With joy
also I always pray with my children when I see them praying desperately
in need of miracles. My prayer is that as you pray to God today, your
miracle will reach you sooner than you expect in Jesus’ name.
Action Point
Tender your deepest heart desires to God today in faith.
