Samuel was the son of Elkanah and Hannah. His grandfather's name was
Jeroham. Jeroham was the son of Elihu, who was the son of Tohu, the
son of Zuph. You may wonder why I am giving history lesson in today's
message. If we take the meanings of their names there is a beautiful
message for us today.
Zuph = Honeycomb (honey symbolizes understand, thus the name
symbolizes man of great understanding)
Tohu = lowly (a humble man)
Elihu = He is my God (a person who knows God)
Jeroham = showing pity (a person who serves and blesses others)
Elkanah = God has possessed / created (a person who knows his purpose
in the Kingdom of God)
Hannah = grace (a person who dwells in grace of God)
Samuel = He is my EL (EL is a term used for God but means mighty or
strong, thus the name symbolizes a person who knows Almighty God not
just God but who He is and experiences His Power)
We know Elkanah was a rich man (by his offering). His wife Hannah had
no children while his other wife did. It was after great crying unto
the Lord that Hannah was blessed with Samuel. All her years of fasting
and praying only paid off when she dedicated her son (her product) to
the Lord.
In all this there is a message for us today and that is even if we are
people of great understanding having knowledge of things of the world
or even the Bible, we may be a humble person in life, we may be
knowing God, that He exists, we may be people serving others, helping
other people, we may be people who know God's plan in our lives and
people living in the grace of God yet we may find we are not
experiencing the Power of God in our lives.
We may be people of prayer and people who fast unto the Lord yet we
find we are not really experiencing the Power of God in our lives.
There are many times we may be going on our knees and asking the Lord
why are we not like Jesus Who experienced the Power of God every
moment of His life as man on earth.
The Lord is telling us today unless we do not dedicate our work unto
Him we are never going to experience the Power of God in our lives.
Dedicating means doing work for His glory. Remember when we dedicate
our work unto the Lord we need to give our best so whatever we do for
the Kingdom of God should not be half-hearted efforts but our best. We
should also remember what ever Jesus did, in it He first gave thanks
unto the Lord, meaning He did not do it by His strength but by the
strength of the Father. He did not take credit for any of His works
but always acknowledge the Hand of His Father.
Let us draw from today's message and giving our best unto the Lord,
not working with our strength but by His strength. Let us experience
His Power in our lives like Jesus did.
Jeroham. Jeroham was the son of Elihu, who was the son of Tohu, the
son of Zuph. You may wonder why I am giving history lesson in today's
message. If we take the meanings of their names there is a beautiful
message for us today.
Zuph = Honeycomb (honey symbolizes understand, thus the name
symbolizes man of great understanding)
Tohu = lowly (a humble man)
Elihu = He is my God (a person who knows God)
Jeroham = showing pity (a person who serves and blesses others)
Elkanah = God has possessed / created (a person who knows his purpose
in the Kingdom of God)
Hannah = grace (a person who dwells in grace of God)
Samuel = He is my EL (EL is a term used for God but means mighty or
strong, thus the name symbolizes a person who knows Almighty God not
just God but who He is and experiences His Power)
We know Elkanah was a rich man (by his offering). His wife Hannah had
no children while his other wife did. It was after great crying unto
the Lord that Hannah was blessed with Samuel. All her years of fasting
and praying only paid off when she dedicated her son (her product) to
the Lord.
In all this there is a message for us today and that is even if we are
people of great understanding having knowledge of things of the world
or even the Bible, we may be a humble person in life, we may be
knowing God, that He exists, we may be people serving others, helping
other people, we may be people who know God's plan in our lives and
people living in the grace of God yet we may find we are not
experiencing the Power of God in our lives.
We may be people of prayer and people who fast unto the Lord yet we
find we are not really experiencing the Power of God in our lives.
There are many times we may be going on our knees and asking the Lord
why are we not like Jesus Who experienced the Power of God every
moment of His life as man on earth.
The Lord is telling us today unless we do not dedicate our work unto
Him we are never going to experience the Power of God in our lives.
Dedicating means doing work for His glory. Remember when we dedicate
our work unto the Lord we need to give our best so whatever we do for
the Kingdom of God should not be half-hearted efforts but our best. We
should also remember what ever Jesus did, in it He first gave thanks
unto the Lord, meaning He did not do it by His strength but by the
strength of the Father. He did not take credit for any of His works
but always acknowledge the Hand of His Father.
Let us draw from today's message and giving our best unto the Lord,
not working with our strength but by His strength. Let us experience
His Power in our lives like Jesus did.
