The System of Samuel - Part 1

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Is it possible to have a title, and yet not fear the Lord? Today, Prophet Hari starts a series on the System of Samuel. In the book of 1 Samuel 2:12- it describes the sons of Eli as worthless men. In Israel, anybody could pick any job they like, except the family of Eli, who were chosen by God to be priests in the Temple of the Lord. Eli and his family had access to the things of God that nobody else had. Eli and his family had the privilege of representing God to men.God sees value and usefulness very differently than the world. God does not consider our title and function; He is looking for something deeper. It is possible to be in the temple of God and still not know the Lord, and that your works are divorced from the knowledge of God. It is possible that you were connected to God at some time and you are carrying the after-glow but you don’t have a relationship with God in the present. We must be careful to not engage with Holy things of God carelessly. Eli’s sons wanted to take what belonged to God, it was an abuse of protocol and principle; they were contaminating the worship and offering of the people to God.Your faithfulness is seldom tested in hard times of lack. The true test of a Christian is when they have plenty and when there is no pressing need. You are truly tested on how you deal with the things of God when you have everything you need. Submission is easy when you are in desperate need of help.Eli’s sons did not listen to the voice of their father. There is a posture of heart that comes into certain groups of people where they begin to rebel against sound advice and they can no longer discern that an instruction is coming to save their life. Lack of submission to the Word of the Lord and rebellion to instruction leads to death.Noah preached for a hundred years that the rain is coming yet no one was quick to repent. When you engage in a lifestyle of sin over and over again your heart slowly loses the capacity to discern an instruction and the warnings of God. It’s a curse when you can hear the words of warning but you cannot respond to it.
Remember the ways of the Lord even when everyone is forgetting them. You are not a victim of your environment; you are the environment. Samuel ministered to the Lord day and night in the midst of chaos and sin. God is looking for a generation that wholly belongs to Him. God is looking for Samuels who will remain pure in a polluted environment.Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favour with the Lord and also with man. If you can find the feet of Lord Jesus and stay there, you will find favour. We are doing everything today but to sit at his feet. We have abandoned the place of prayer and communion with God. The system of Samuel is the key to the favour of God.May God give you the grace to be a Samuel in your generation.