1 Samuel 3:4 (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cthat the Lord called Samuel. And he answered, \u2018Here I am!\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n God is calling. God\u2019s voice is ringing out, waiting for the \u201ccalled\u201d to respond. God is not a silent God. God knows what to say, who to say what to, and when to say it. And He continues to speak, but we do not hear Him. He speaks, but our lives are muddled up with multiple voices. He speaks, but our inner frame and mindset cannot receive what He is saying. We are so used to hearing human voices that God\u2019s voice has become strange. We have often taken human voices as God\u2019s voice, so when God calls, we respond to men rather than to God. What a tragedy. What an absurdity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Samuel was used to Eli\u2019s voice. Samuel was used to receiving instructions from Eli. Eli was Samuel\u2019s master, and all that Samuel knew he had learned from Eli. Eli had played a vital role in Samuel\u2019s life, but a time had come for Eli to step back for Samuel to hear from God directly. Don\u2019t keep running to men when God is calling you to Himself. Yes, we know that men helped you through some crucial phases in life, but they are not God. Don\u2019t replace God with Man. When you hear the voice of God, respond to God and not to man. God is calling. Can we hear Him? Are we responding to Him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cO Lord, I appreciate all that You have used men to do in my life, but I will not substitute You for anyone. Give me sharp ears to hear You, but also give me a discerning heart to turn to You after hearing You. You are my Lord. Your words are life to my soul. Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1 Samuel 3:4 (NKJV) \u201cthat the Lord called Samuel. And he answered, \u2018Here I am!\u2019\u201d God is calling. God\u2019s voice is ringing out, waiting for the \u201ccalled\u201d to respond. God is not a silent God. God knows what to say, who to say what to, and when to say it. And He continues to speak, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-1st-samuel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1-Samuel-Cover.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3406,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions\/3406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}