9. The Results of Hannahs Prayer

The Results of Hannah’s Prayer

"And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest." (1 Samuel 2:11)

We live in days when so often a great deal of segregation goes on, the young Christians want to be with themselves, they do not want to have the older saints with them. Here we find a young boy and he was with an old man and in the old man’s company he was going to learn something, as we learn from a later chapter, something that he could not discern Himself, he was not of sufficient age or maturity to discern the Lord’s voice when He spoke to him, but He learnt it through Eli the priest, the young and the old, they walked together.

I would say to the young brethren, keep in the company of those who know more than yourselves, by that you will learn. This is the way we have all learned, to be in the company of older brothers, mature brothers and from them we learned by their knowledge, by their experience, and we made progress. All through the Scriptures this is the true principle, the true pattern, and would to God it were followed more today, so that the young and the old move together for the pleasure of God.

What a delightful scene it is to see this young boy handed over to the Lord and in the presence of this aged servant, learning what is pleasing to the Lord. So Hannah’s prayer bore wonderful fruit, and is an encouragement to each one of us to continue earnestly in prayer and to make sure that our prayers are God-centred, Christ-centred, and of course, to mention our own problems and difficulties too. The Lord delights to hear them and He delights to answer them. May we be encouraged for His name’s sake.