KNOWING THE GOD OF THE HOUSE

1 Samuel 3:1-10

1-2 Samuel served the LORD by helping Eli the priest, who was by that time almost blind. In those days, the LORD hardly ever spoke directly to people, and he did not appear to them in dreams very often. But one night, Eli was asleep in his room, 3 and Samuel was sleeping on a mat near the sacred chest in the LORD's house. They had not been asleep very long 4 when the LORD called out Samuel's name.“Here I am!” Samuel answered. 5 Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am. What do you want?”“I didn't call you,” Eli answered. “Go back to bed.”Samuel went back.6 Again the LORD called out Samuel's name. Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am,” he said. “What do you want?”Eli told him, “Son, I didn't call you. Go back to sleep.”7 The LORD had not spoken to Samuel before, and Samuel did not recognize the voice. 8 When the LORD called out his name for the third time, Samuel went to Eli again and said, “Here I am. What do you want?”Eli finally realized that it was the LORD who was speaking to Samuel. 9 So he said, “Go back and lie down! If someone speaks to you again, answer, ‘I'm listening, LORD. What do you want me to do?’ ”Once again Samuel went back and lay down.10 The LORD then stood beside Samuel and called out as he had done before, “Samuel! Samuel!”“I'm listening,” Samuel answered. “What do you want me to do?”

Until you have a profiting relationship with God all your activities in the house of God will end up a religious ceremonious formal procedure – Olusesan Oshat.

Most Christians today are simply carrying out religious rites (A rite can be described as an established, “ceremonious” religious act). When our Practices and services are not in consonance with divine instructions whatever is done can simply be regarded as carrying out courteous religious activities. Though Samuel was living in God’s house and serving in the sanctuary, and even grew up in the house of God yet he does not have a profiting in-depth knowledge of who God is, and how awesome he is. Christianity is not a sect, rather it is a personal walk with God the creator.

One of the greatest tragedies that can befall a man is for such person not to know where he is headed for, and how to get there. The rate of church attendees that does not know what it means to be a Christian is and what is expected of a Christian on earth becoming alarming. There need to constantly a) Thirst for God: Continually and committedly search to know the God Psalm 42:1, Phil 3:10.  b) Hear from God: Deut 5:27   c) Obey God’s directives Joshua 24:24 d) Have spiritual Father: 2 Kings 2;12

    Jesus Is Lord.

Prayer: Lord, release unto me the spirit that thirst for you daily (Amen).