Wednesday September 13
Bible Reading: 1 Sam. 1: 24 - 28
Topic: Fulfill Your Vows
To make a vow to the Lord
is like entering into a covenant with Him.
God is a covenant Keeper
and He keeps His promises and expects us to keep ours.
When Hannah prayed to God
for a child, she made a vow (1 Sam. 1: 11). God answered her according to her
petition and gave her Samuel.
Our God is ever Faithful
and will never fail in any covenant in which He is involved. Be assured that He
will also answer your petition in Jesus Name.
Vs. 27 - 28 reveal how
Hannah fulfilled her vow by presenting the boy Samuel to God in Shiloh. She
said "therefore, I also have lent him to the Lord .."
She showed integrity and
deep gratitude to God. It was not easy for her to release the small boy who had
just been weaned from his mother, yet she had to do so trusting that God would
guide and keep him. This is expression of deep faith and trust.
All of us must learn from
Hannah how to fulfill any vow we make to the Lord without counting the cost
involved. God also commanded His people to pay their vows and not to delay them
(Ecc. 5: 4)
Indeed fulfilling our vows
has great reward. (Ps. 50: 14)
Prayer
Lord, enable me always to
fulfill my vows earnestly, Amen.
Memory Verse 1 Sam. 1: 24
"And when she (Hannah)
had weaned him (Samuel), she took him up with her, with three bullocks, one
ephah of flour and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the House of the Lord
in Shiloh and the child was young."
Source:
The Daily Fountain 2017
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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