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“Speak, God. I’m Ready to Listen”

3The boy Samuel was serving GOD under Eli's direction. This was at a time when the revelation of GOD was rarely heard or seen.H5288H8050H8334H3068H6440H5941H1697H3068H3368H3117H6555H2377 2One night Eli was sound asleep (his eyesight was very bad—he could hardly see).H3117H5941H7901H4725H5869H2490H3544H3201H7200 3It was well before dawn; the sanctuary lamp was still burning. Samuel was still in bed in the Temple of GOD, where the Chest of God rested.H5216H430H3518H1964H3068H727H430H8050H7901 4Then GOD called out, "Samuel, Samuel!" Samuel answered, "Yes? I'm here."H3068H7121H8050H559 5Then he ran to Eli saying, "I heard you call. Here I am." Eli said, "I didn't call you. Go back to bed." And so he did.H7323H5941H559H2009H7121H559H7121H7901H7725H3212H7901 6GOD called again, "Samuel, Samuel!" Samuel got up and went to Eli, "I heard you call. Here I am." Again Eli said, "Son, I didn't call you. Go back to bed."H3068H7121H3254H8050H8050H6965H3212H5941H559H7121H559H7121H1121H7901H7725 7(This all happened before Samuel knew GOD for himself. It was before the revelation of GOD had been given to him personally.)H8050H2962H3045H3068H1697H3068H1540 8GOD called again, "Samuel!"—the third time! Yet again Samuel got up and went to Eli, "Yes? I heard you call me. Here I am." That's when it dawned on Eli that GOD was calling the boy.H3068H7121H8050H3254H7992H6965H3212H5941H559H7121H5941H995H3068H7121H5288 9So Eli directed Samuel, "Go back and lie down. If the voice calls again, say, 'Speak, GOD. I'm your servant, ready to listen.'" Samuel returned to his bed.H5941H559H8050H3212H7901H7121H559H1696H3068H5650H8085H8050H3212H7901H4725 10Then GOD came and stood before him exactly as before, calling out, "Samuel! Samuel!" Samuel answered, "Speak. I'm your servant, ready to listen."H3068H935H3320H7121H6471H8050H8050H8050H559H1696H5650H8085 11GOD said to Samuel, "Listen carefully. I'm getting ready to do something in Israel that is going to shake everyone up and get their attention.H3068H559H8050H6213H1697H3478H8147H241H8085H6750 12The time has come for me to bring down on Eli's family everything I warned him of, every last word of it.H3117H6965H5941H1696H413H1004H2490H3615 13I'm letting him know that the time's up. I'm bringing judgment on his family for good. He knew what was going on, that his sons were desecrating God's name and God's place, and he did nothing to stop them.H5046H8199H1004H5704H5769H5771H3045H1121H7043H3543 14This is my sentence on the family of Eli: The evil of Eli's family can never be wiped out by sacrifice or offering."H7650H1004H5941H5771H5941H1004H3722H2077H4503H5704H5769 15Samuel stayed in bed until morning, then rose early and went about his duties, opening the doors of the sanctuary, but he dreaded having to tell the vision to Eli.H8050H7901H1242H6605H1817H1004H3068H8050H3372H5046H5941H4759 16But then Eli summoned Samuel: "Samuel, my son!" Samuel came running: "Yes? What can I do for you?"H5941H7121H8050H559H8050H1121H559 17"What did he say? Tell it to me, all of it. Don't suppress or soften one word, as God is your judge! I want it all, word for word as he said it to you."H559H1697H1696H3582H430H6213H3254H3582H1697H1697H1696 18So Samuel told him, word for word. He held back nothing. Eli said, "He is GOD. Let him do whatever he thinks best."H8050H5046H1697H3582H559H3068H6213H5869H2896 19Samuel grew up. GOD was with him, and Samuel's prophetic record was flawless.H8050H1431H3068H1697H5307H776 20Everyone in Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, recognized that Samuel was the real thing—a true prophet of GOD.H3478H1835H884H3045H8050H539H5030H3068 21GOD continued to show up at Shiloh, revealed through his word to Samuel at Shiloh.H3068H7200H3254H7887H3068H1540H8050H7887H1697H3068


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