MAKE THE LORD'S WORD YOUR WORD

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of His words fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.

The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, and there He revealed Himself to Samuel through His Word. And Samuel's word came to all Israel.

1 Samuel 3:19-21, 4:1

This ends our reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

Earlier in 1 Samuel, chapter 3, we found the young Samuel coming to know and listen to the voice of the Lord who shared with him the judgment that was coming on Eli and his sons, Hophni and Phinehas. We also learned that the Lord’s Word had not yet been revealed to Samuel as he served in the temple under Eli’s guidance (3:7).

Well, as we see in the closing verses of chapter 3 and the opening verse of chapter 4, things were about to change drastically as Samuel grew stronger in his relationship with God.

This shift begins when we see that the Lord didn’t just appear to Samuel on occasions when He wanted to have him give a message to someone but was with him (Samuel) at all times as he continued to grow up, helping him become stronger and stronger in His Word and way. This led to God ensuring that everything Samuel said was in truth…that “none of his words” would “fall to the ground”. This was because the words that Samuel spoke were really the Lord’s Words…and given that He is perfectly true, any words spoken that He provided would be perfectly true as well.

So what was the end result of this?

We see in the scriptures where Samuel gained credibility and respect among the Israelite people as “all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized” that he was “attested as a prophet of the Lord”. This was because “the Lord continued to appear at Shiloh”, revealing “Himself to Samuel through His Word”.

And so in turn, Samuel's word, which was really the Lord’s Word, came to all of Israel.

In this passage, we see what can happen when anyone decides to fully commit themselves to the Lord and His calling. For when we, as Christian believers, offer ourselves up to Him as a living sacrifice, just as His Son Jesus did, we choose to surrender everything over to His will…all our actions, our goals, our plans, our words, and our thoughts.

Or put in simpler terms, our lives.

In turn then, everything that we are is of the Lord. We become one with Him…body, mind, heart, and soul. And this leads to Him revealing Himself through our lives, allowing us to gain credibility and respect among others because everything we do, say, or think is done in the perfect truth and righteousness of the Lord.

Indeed, there’s beauty found in allowing the Lord to dictate all that you do…and this includes making our words His words.

Are you doing this today? Have you set yourself aside so to allow the Lord to fully show Himself through the way you live?

If so, then you’re reveling in the joy that comes from serving Him with every fiber of your being, producing acts of service that bless others in a special and edifying way…the way that Jesus blessed others during His ministry…a way that supports the Great Commission which He gave us with the command to make disciples of all nations.

If you’re reading this today and you haven’t dedicated yourself to make the Lord’s Word your word, why not do it today?

For rest assured that He is waiting and longing to be in a close relationship with you, fully revealing Himself and ready to guide you in His Spirit and truth. He so wants to make it so that none of your words fall to the ground, like Samuel, and ultimately to make you respected among your peers so that they might see you as unique and set apart as every part of you is fully in harmony with Him.

Today and every day, let’s give thanks that we serve a Lord who desires to fully invest Himself in us so to help us live the best life imaginable, now and forever more.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark

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