Seize the Moment – Day 734

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Mar '22

Seize the Moment – Day 734

Posted on Mar 21, 2022 by Jerry Ingalls in Devotions, General |

21
Mar '22
 

Preparing for a Lifetime of Service!

1 Samuel 2

 

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, March 21.

 

This summer marks thirty years since I attended Cadet Basic Training at West Point. Duty, honor, and country were deeply instilled in us, as was our commitment to a lifetime of service to country.

 

Samuel’s childhood was one of preparing him for a lifetime of service to God. First Samuel 2:18-19, 21b gives us a glimpse of Samuel’s life as a temple child,
 
“Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord, as a boy wearing a linen ephod. And his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. … And the boy Samuel grew before the Lord.” Furthermore, verse 26 elaborates, “Now the boy Samuel was growing in stature and in favor both with the Lord and with men.”

 

There is an interesting connection between the boy Samuel and another boy that would come over a thousand years later. Listen to the Gospel of Luke 2:52, “And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.” The two verses read very similar. God used both boys’ circumstances to prepare them for a lifetime of service!

 

God’s high regard for Samuel was verified through prophecy, as declared to Eli in verse 35, “But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always.” God was about to do something brand new in Israel and he set apart Samuel for this very purpose.

 

Seize the moment and prepare the next generation for a lifetime of service to God. The next generation will service someone or something, why not God!?! Train them to seek first the Kingdom and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33).

God bless you!
 
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