Bible Questions Answered:
“I think the Lord is calling me, but
what do I do....”
Johnny/ Edmond, Oaklahoma U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
I Samuel 3:1-10 NLT
1 Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served
The Lord by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from The Lord
were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
2 One night Eli, who was almost
blind by now, had gone to bed.
3 The lamp of God had not yet gone
out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle near The Ark Of God.
4 Suddenly The Lord called out,
“Samuel!” “Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?”
5 He got up and ran to Eli. “Here
I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you,” Eli replied. “Go
back to bed.” So he did.
6 Then The Lord called out again,
“Samuel!” Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did
you call me?” “I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go
back to bed.”
7 Samuel did not yet know The Lord
because He had never had a message from The Lord before.
8 So The Lord called a third time,
and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you
call me?” Then Eli realized it was The Lord who was calling the
boy.
9 So he said to Samuel, “Go and
lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, Lord, your
servant is listening.’” So Samuel went back to bed.
10 And The Lord came and called as
before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your
servant is listening.”
Hannah was a married lady, who was
barren, a disgrace for a Jewish woman.
I Samuel 1:10,11,24-28 NLT
10 Hannah was in deep anguish,
crying bitterly as she prayed to The Lord.
11 And she made this vow: “O Lord
of Heaven’s Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my
prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will
be yours for his entire lifetime,
19...The Lord remembered her plea,
20 and in due time she gave birth to
a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, “I asked The Lord for
him.”
24 When the child was weaned, Hannah
took him to the Tabernacle in Shiloh. They brought along a
three-year-old bull for the sacrifice and a basket[j] of flour and
some wine.
25 After sacrificing the bull, they
brought the boy to Eli.
26 “Sir, do you remember me?”
Hannah asked. “I am the very woman who stood here several years ago
praying to The Lord.
27 I asked The Lord to give me this
boy, and He has granted my request.
28 Now I am giving him to The Lord,
and he will belong to The Lord his whole life.” And they worshiped
The Lord there.
As a young boy,
Samuel, was left at the temple, with the Priest Eli. One night,
Samuel heard someone call him, it was The Lord.
In this story,
notice the tender age of Israel's Prophet-Judge, he was only 12 years
old.
Can The Lord,
direct someone as young as 12 to be called of God for service, read
the story, the answer is yes!
Jeremiah 1:5 KJV
(Jeremiah)
Before I formed thee in the belly I
knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified
thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
I Timothy 4:12
KJV
Let no man despise thy youth; but be
thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in
charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Samuel, as a young
boy, was eager to do The Lord's service, and he did it faithfully.
Samuel gladly heard the voice of The Lord calling him, and he obeyed.
I Samuel 2:11,26
KJV
11 "...And the child did
minister unto The Lord before Eli the priest.
26 And the child Samuel grew on, and
was in favour both with The Lord, and also with men.
The calling of God
is this, a listening heart, to hear The Lord's still small voice, and
a never dying desire to do The Lord's work, faithful to His call and
His service.
The Calling Of
God:
Isaiah 6:8 KJV
(Isaiah)
Also I heard
the voice of The Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for
us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Haggai 2:4 NLT
But now The Lord says: Be strong,
Zerubbabel. Be strong, Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be
strong, all you people still left in the land. And now get to work,
for I am with you, says
The Lord Of Heaven’s Armies.
Matthew 21:28
KJV
But what think ye? A certain man had
two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in
my vineyard.
Mark 13:34 KJV
For The Son Of Man is as A Man
taking a far journey, who left His house, and gave authority to His
servants, and to every man His work, and commanded the porter to
watch.
Acts 26:16 NLT
(Paul's call.)
Now get to your feet! For I have
appeared to you to appoint you as My servant and witness. Tell people
that you have seen Me, and tell them what I will show you in the
future.
I Corinthians
15:58 KJV
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be
ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of
The Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labor is not in vain in The Lord.
Philippians 2:12
NLT
"... Work hard to show the
results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear.
II Timothy 4:5
KJV
But watch thou in all things, endure
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy
ministry.
I Peter 2:9 KJV
But ye are a chosen generation, a
royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should
shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness
into His marvelous Light;
Samuel was faithful
all his days to The Lord.
Called of The Lord,
then answer as did Samuel of old, “Speak, Lord, for your servant
hears.”
