Hannah

What am I in relation to God? Am I what I think of myself everyday? It is God who started it all, I am a creation of His. The only way to achieve any success in this life is to give that creation back to God. We like to hold on to things, though. I wonder sometimes, how it is that we believe we can improve on God's plan. In case you're wondering, we can't.

Hannah is an excellent example of asking God for the means to glorify Him. She wanted a child, and not for her own selfish reasons. She wanted a child, so that the child could be given back to God. Hannah becomes the perfect example of motherhood, because she gave the child to His service.

She asked, not to fill a need in her life, but she asked for the sake of God's glory. Not so she could go to the market, and everyone could say, "What a cute boy you have; you must be a wonderful mother." My point is that if anyone would ever hold on to anything; surely, it would be a mother holding on to a child. So, when you see Hannah giving this child to God: you see extraordinary faith in the God to Whom she gives him.

It would be easy to believe that she had given Samuel to God because of His blessings. Don't miss this: she gave her child to God, specifically because He hadn't blessed her in the way that was closest to her heart. You think of the tragedy this poor soul endured, why? Because God wouldn't give her what she wanted? No, dear soul. It was through those tears and heart ache, that God was building, in her heart, His purpose for this child. It wasn't the absence of His faithfulness; it was the very expression of His faithfulness! He would give her a child in just such away, that everything surrounding the birth of this longed-for child, reflected His glory. God bless you all.

P.S. There are a great many things left unsaid in this post, so I encourage you to go back and read the story from the Bible, it will be a blessing to you. For further reading I Samuel 1 and I Samuel 2.