4/12/2010 7:37 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The joy of the Lord
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: 1 Sam. 2:1
Message of the verses: “ 1
¶ Then Hannah prayed and said, "My
heart exults in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD, My mouth speaks
boldly against my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.”
How does
Hannah handle leaving her son at the house of the Lord? Some may have wanted to renege on their vow
at this time or cry when they left their child, but not Hannah. Hannah sang a song to the Lord and the first
eleven verses of chapter two this son is recorded, and it is one of the most
wonderful songs in all of Scripture. It
can be compared with the song that David sings at the end of 2 Samuel, but it
is now unlike the song that Mary sings to the Lord in the first chapter of Luke
when she sings the song to the Lord about how He is so good to her and to the
nation of Israel for sending His Son to earth.
There are a
number of times in the Scriptures that songs are recorded when it may seem
strange to sing a son: “After singing a
hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives .” This is recorded in Matthew 26:30 and this
song is song by the Lord and His disciples when He is about to be
crucified. “20 They brought them before the magistrates and
said, "These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar
21 by advocating customs unlawful for us
Romans to accept or practice." 22
The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the
magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten. 23 After they had been severely flogged, they
were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.
24 Upon receiving such orders, he put
them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
“ 25 ¶ About midnight Paul and Silas were praying
and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
26 Suddenly there was such a violent
earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the
prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose.” “41 So
they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they
had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.” (Now there was no singing here but the effect
is very similar). Another place to look
for this is in the book of Psalms especially when David was in a lot of trouble
and his cure in how to handle all of this is to write a song of praise to the
Lord.
Verse one
of this song of Hannah is song by a woman who has a lot one her mind, as she is
full of praise for the Lord in allowing her to be the mother of a man who would
change the course of the nation of Israel.
Samuel would be the last judge in Israel ,
and he would also be a priest, but it is Samuel who will rule Israel and anoint the first two kings of Israel
The word
“horn” in verse one and also in verse eleven is a word that means
“strength.” To have your horn exalted
means to have renewed strength from the Lord and especially at a time of
crisis. One more point from this verse
and that is that the word “salvation” is used here and that word is the Hebrew word
yeshua—Joshua and in the NT the word
is Jesus. Salvation would be done by
David as he delivers Israel
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I think that the greatest things that I have
learned form this Spiritual Diary is the importance of singing when things are
not going right in my life, singing to the Lord who is sovereign and is the
Lord of Hosts who has everything under His control even though from my perspective
that things are going badly.
My Steps of Faith for
Today
- I must remember that the Lord is always in control of all things at all times and when it comes to my life that means that all things will be worked out for my good and for His glory.
4/12/2010 8:10 AM
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