"Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad."
1 Samuel 1:17-18
Earlier in this story, Hannah (the woman referred to here) is weeping and so upset she is not eating because she feels bad that she doesn't have a child. She goes to the temple to pray, promising the Lord that she will dedicate her son to the Lord if she is granted a son. She prays so fervently for this that Eli thinks that she is drunk, but she explains that she is not, and then these verses.
The amazing thing for me here is that after being so upset, Hannah is immediately cheered up and able to eat again. She believes that God has answered her prayer through Eli (which he has), and that the Lord will bless her.
One of the biggest problems for us in our daily lives I think is just that we don't believe God when he tells us something. If we did believe him, we could rest and be joyful as Hannah was. Instead, we continue to worry and to doubt. Perhaps today we can work on being a little bit more like Hannah, willing to trust that the Lord will keep his promises to us.
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad."
1 Samuel 1:17-18
Earlier in this story, Hannah (the woman referred to here) is weeping and so upset she is not eating because she feels bad that she doesn't have a child. She goes to the temple to pray, promising the Lord that she will dedicate her son to the Lord if she is granted a son. She prays so fervently for this that Eli thinks that she is drunk, but she explains that she is not, and then these verses.
The amazing thing for me here is that after being so upset, Hannah is immediately cheered up and able to eat again. She believes that God has answered her prayer through Eli (which he has), and that the Lord will bless her.
One of the biggest problems for us in our daily lives I think is just that we don't believe God when he tells us something. If we did believe him, we could rest and be joyful as Hannah was. Instead, we continue to worry and to doubt. Perhaps today we can work on being a little bit more like Hannah, willing to trust that the Lord will keep his promises to us.
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