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Learning how to listen for God Over the years I’ve encountered many Christians who want to “hear from the Lord.” We desire God’s guidance for our lives, but we tend to be rather unfocused in how we go about finding it. We know that listening for God’s guidance is something that we need to learn and practice, but what we fail to realize is that means we’re going to need someone to teach us how. We see an example of this at the beginning of Samuel’s career as God’s prophet: The boy Samuel served the Lord in Eli’s presence. In those days the word of the Lord was rare and prophetic visions were not widespread. One day Eli, whose eyesight was failing, was lying in his room. Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the tabernacle of the Lord where the ark of God was located. Then the Lord called Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.” He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” “I didn’t call,” Eli replied. “Go and lie down.” So he went and lay down. Once again the Lord called, “Samuel!” Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.” “I didn’t call, my son,” he replied. “Go and lie down.” Now Samuel had not yet experienced the Lord, because the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. Once again, for the third time, the Lord called Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli understood that the Lord was calling the boy. He told Samuel, “Go and lie down. If He calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for Your servant is listening.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. The Lord came, stood there, and called as before, “Samuel, Samuel!” Samuel responded, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.” The Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel that everyone who hears about it will shudder…” Then the Lord went on to give Samuel his first prophetic insight into God’s plans for the nation of Israel. Notice how Samuel had to be taught how to respond to God’s voice. Even though Samuel had been serving the Lord under Eli’s guidance, recognizing the word of the Lord wasn’t a skill Samuel just naturally had. He had to be taught how to listen and how to respond to God’s call. We’re like that, too. We believe Jesus paid the penalty for our sins, and we accept His offer of eternal life, so we’re in His family. We may even be serving – and serving well – within our local church congregation. But if God called out to us right now, would we know that it’s Him talking? For our current stage of human history, God doesn’t talk through prophets like He did in Samuel’s time. Instead, we have the recorded words of Jesus and those who interacted directly with Him. Perhaps the same question needs to be put into our modern context: Do we know the Bible well enough to recognize God’s voice and direction? When Joe began to mentor me, the very first thing he taught me was how to read and understand Scripture. Learning how to properly observe, interpret, and apply Scripture was the major catalyst for growth in my relationship with God. As I studied the Bible, I learned to recognize how God works and what He expects from His children. I began to know Him better as He revealed Himself to me through the pages of the Bible. Interacting with God’s word isn’t a one-and-done type of thing, either. We don’t learn to handle the Scriptures and then consider it checked off our list of “ways to grow”. We need to continually go back to where God has revealed Himself to us, because that is where our relationship with Him is found. Samuel had the same kind of experience: Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let nothing he said prove false. All Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was a confirmed prophet of the Lord. The Lord continued to appear in Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word. I love that last sentence, where God revealed Himself to Samuel by His word. We have the same opportunity, to have God reveal Himself to us if we take the time to learn how to handle Scripture. Keep Pressing, Ken
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1 शमूएल 3 Nepali Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-NE) परमेश्वरले शमूएललाई बोलाउनु भयो 3 एलीको अधीनमा रहेर बालक शमूएलले परमप्रभुको सेवा गर्थे। त्यस बेला परमप्रभु मानिसहरूसँग सिधै धेरै जस्तो बोल्नुहुन्थेन। उहाँले धेरै मानिसहरूलाई दर्शनहरू दिनु भएन। 2 एली लगभग अन्धा जस्तै भइसकेका थिए। एक रात तिनी ओछ्यानमा पल्टिरहेका थिए। 3 शमूएल चाहिँ पवित्र सन्दूक भएको परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा सुतिरहेका थिए। परमप्रभुको बत्ती जलिरहेकै थियो। 4 परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई बोलाउनु भयो। “म यहाँ हाजीर छु” शमूएलले उत्तर दिए। 5 शमूएलले सोचे एलीले उसलाई बोलाएको हो। यसकारण शमूएल हतारीएर एलीकहाँ गए। शमूएलले आफ्नो उपस्थिति जाहेर गरेर भने, “तपाईंले मलाई बोलाउनुभयो, म यहाँ छु।” तर एलीले भने, “मैले तिमीलाई बोलाएको होइनँ। आफ्नो ओछ्यानमा गएर सुत।” शमूएल आफ्नो ओछ्यानमा गए। 6 परमप्रभुले फेरि बोलाउनु भयो, “शमूएल!” शमूएल फेरि एलीको ओछ्यानमा गएर भने, “तपाईंले मलाई बोलाउनु भएको हो, म यहाँ छु।” एलीले भने, “मैले बोलाएको छैन मेरो छोरा! जाऊ, गएर सुत।” 7 अहिलेसम्म शमूएलले व्यक्तिगत रूपमा परमप्रभुलाई चिनेका थिएनन्। परमप्रभुले शमूएल सँग सिधै बातचित गर्नु भएको थिएन। 8 परमप्रभुले शमूललाई तेस्रो चोटि बोलाउनु भयो। शमूएल उठेर फेरि एलीको छेउ पुगे। शमूएलले भने, “म यहाँ छु, तपाईंले मलाई बोलाउँनु भयो।” त्यतिबेला भने एलीले बुझे कि परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई बोलाउँदै हुनुहुन्थ्यो। 9 एलीले शमूएललाई भने, “ओछ्यानमा जाऊ! यदि फेरि बेलाउँनु भयो भने भन्नु, ‘परमप्रभु भन्नुहोस्। म तपाईंको दास हुँ र तपाईंले भन्नु भएको सुन्दैछु।’” यसकारण शमूएल ओछ्यानमा गए। 10 परमप्रभु त्यहाँ प्रकट हुनुभयो र पहिलेको जस्तै बोलाउनु भयो, “शमूएल, शमूएल!” शमूएलले भने, “भन्नुहोस्! परमप्रभु म तपाईंको दास हुँ अनि सुन्दैछु।” 11 परमप्रभुले शमूएललाई भन्नुभयो, “म इस्राएलमा केही अचम्मको काम गर्नेछु। जसले यस विषयमा सुन्छ तिनीहरू साह्रै अचम्मीत हुनेछन्। 12 मैले एली र त्यसको परिवारको विरूद्धमा जे-जे गर्छु भनेको थिएँ ती सब गर्नेछु। म शुरू देखि अन्त्यसम्म सबै गर्नेछु। 13 मैले एलीलाई भनेकै छु कि म त्यसको परिवारलाई सधैँको लागि दण्ड दिनेछु। म त्यसो यसकारणले गर्दैछु भनि एलीलाई थाह छ। त्यसका छोराहरूले परमेश्वरलाई निन्दा गरे अनि उहाँसित खराब आचरण गरे। तर उसले तिनीहरूलाई शिक्षा दिएनन्। 14 यसैकारण मैले एलीको परिवारलाई श्राप दिएको छु कि बलिभेटी र अन्नबलिले तिनीहरूलाई पापबाट छुटकारा दिन सक्दैनन्।” 15 बिहानसम्म शमूएल आफ्नो ओछ्यानमै पल्टिरहे उज्यालो हुन साथ झट्पट् उठेर परमप्रभुका मन्दिरका ढोकाहरू खोले। दर्शनको विषयमा एलीलाई भन्न तिनी डराएका थिए। 16 तर एलीले नै शमूएललाई भने, “शमूएल, मेरो छोरा।” शमूएलले जवाफ दिए, “भन्नुहोस्, म यहाँ छु।” 17 एलीले सोधे, “परमप्रभुले तिमीलाई के भन्नु भयो! मलाई लुकाउने काम छैन। यदि परमेश्वरको सन्देश सबैलाई नभनेर लुकायो भने परमेश्वरले दण्ड दिनुहुनेछ।” 18 शमूएलले केही पनि नलुकाई सबै बताए। शमूएलले एलीबाट केही पनि लुकाएनन्. एलीले भने, “उहाँ परमप्रभु हुनुहुन्छ। उहाँलाई जे इच्छा लाग्छ त्यसै गर्नुहुन्छ।” 19 शमूएल अझ ठूलो हुँदै गए। परमप्रभु शमूएलसित हुनु हुन्थ्यो। परमप्रभुले शमूएलको कुनै सन्देशलाई पनि झूटो हुने मौका दिनुभएन। 20 त्यसबेला सारा इस्राएलका, (दान देखि बेर्शेबा सम्मका) मानिसहरूले शमूएल परमप्रभुका साँचो अगमवक्ता भएको चाल पाए। 21 शीलोमा परमप्रभु शमूएलकहाँ प्रकट हुनु भयो। उहाँ आफैं शमूएलको अघि परमप्रभुको वचन जस्तै प्रकट हुनु भयो।