Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #108

Know God's Voice

1 Samuel 3

I pray blessings on you as you read.

(v. 9-10) "So Eli told Samuel, 'Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.' ' So Samuel went lay down in his place. The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, 'Samuel! Samuel!' Then Samuel said, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.' "

My Thoughts

Samuel did not know God's voice yet at the time Samuel 3 takes place. So when God was calling Samuel this night, Samuel did not realize it and thought that it was Eli calling him instead, who, incidentally, was getting old and would probably be a normal thing for someone that age to be calling out for someone in the night.

This happened three separate times where God had called Samuel, Samuel ran to Eli, and Eli said that he didn't call him and told Samuel to go back to bed. The third time, Eli realized that it was God calling Samuel and told him to answer God the next time God called him. So Samuel did exactly that and God told him what He needed to tell him.

Sometimes God calls us as well and we either ignore it, don't realize it, or we don't recognize God's voice, as Samuel. So how do we get get to know God's voice? We get to know the voice of God by reading His word and talking to Him. It's only logical that when you're talking to someone, and the more you do, you get to know their voice better and better. So it is with God.

We need to come to know God's voice so that when we hear Him, we don't give second thought because we know that it is Him. There have been many times when I am not sure if I got something from God or not and I have to think about it for a minute. Sometimes I am just totally unsure and I pray about it and ask God to make it clear to me whether it was actually Him or not. If it was, it usually ends up staying in my mind for a bit and if it wasn't, God takes it away.

Get to know God more personally. Get to know His voice by reading His word often. My blog here is really just me sharing my thoughts on what I personally read. I cannot say that I am totally correct in everything that I say here because I am only sharing with you guys what I got from reading a particular passage in the Bible. I encourage you guys to read on your own and see what God tells you.

Prayer Time

Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.

Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.

Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!

Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #72

Making Good Choices

1 Samuel 2

I pray blessings on you as you read.

(v. 12) "Eli's sons were wicked men; they had no regard for the Lord." (v. 17) "This sin of the young men was very great in the Lord's sight, for they were treating the Lord's offering with contempt."

My Thoughts

Eli's sons had made some very bad choices. The Bible says that they were treating the Lord's offering with contempt. What they were doing was taking choice parts of the offerings that people made, before the fat was burned up, and fattening themselves on it. That was not what was supposed to have been done. They were only supposed to take a random portion, after the fat was burned.

Eli chose to favor his sons in the situation and not do as much as he could've. Eli only rebuked them, but he did nothing more when they did not listen to Him. Because of this, God took away the blessing that He gave to Eli, that God had chosen him to be His priest. He said that Eli's sons would die on the same day and that another would be raised up to be the priest.

Always do according to what is in God's heart so that your life will be built on Him and you live in Him. We all make many choices each day. Some are just small things, but are not insignificant. Some choices are recurring, when you continue to do the same thing or make the same choice often. Just be careful of the choices that you make.

We should always make wise choices and not make them hastily. I know that there are situations where you don't have a lot of time to make a choice. If we start making wise choices when we do have time to think about them, then when those split second decisions come, we will better be able to make the wiser choice faster. It's a skill like anything else, and it takes practice.

If you are ever unsure of a particular choice, talk to God about it. God knows best and He will help you to make the wisest choice. What Eli's sons did was not a split second decision. That was a conscious choice that they made to disobey God and to do what they knew was wrong. They chose wrong, knowingly and willingly. Don't be like them. Ask God for wisdom so that you can make the wisest choices that will lead you where God wants you to be.

Prayer Time

Now you talk to God about what you read, and you can even read this chapter of the Bible for yourself before you do.

Let me know your thoughts on this reading as well.

Thank you for taking the time to read, I pray that what you have read blesses and inspires you! Godbless!