The One Year Bible - Day 127

I love the story of Samuel, a simply story of faith, integrity and ultimately power and authority. I noticed, that once again, Samuel's family are from Ephraim "the hill country". I'm not sure what was special about it but it seems that many people who are great in the Bible come from nowhere places. Perhaps that is simply to prove the point that God wants character rather than the big and famous names of the big cities or maybe it is because people from humble backgrounds have an environment that helps to foster a relationship with God. Perhaps both.

We also read of the terrible behaviour of the two sons of Eli the High Priest and the way in which they treat the things of God with contempt. We are sometimes guilty of that and mock what God is doing because in our proud eyes, we judge it is poor quality or lacking spirituality. How many times have you seen a simple children's club or old people's project in a small church and thought it was a bit lame rather than appreciating that God works in many ways, irrespective of whether we agree or not!