Samuel: Lent to the Lord

They weren’t the best of times. “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6). When we come to the book of 1 Samuel, that period is described in this way; “The word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.” (1 Samuel 3:1). The priests were immoral and corrupt. More than ever, Israel needed a faithful prophet. God used a godly woman who had been barren to raise up Samuel. She prayed saying, “O Lord…give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life” (1 Samuel 1:11).