How great is our God!

Read 1 Samuel 2:1-11.

There is no joy that compares to a direct answer to a prayer from God.  When there is a specific, urgent need, and our dependence is cast solely upon Him, and we get to see the Hand of God move in our favor, we rejoice.

Hannah's prayer is one that expresses her clear view of who God is and how He has vindicated her.  Her thoughts were not about herself and what she received, but how great the LORD is.  Keep in mind that she lived in a time without a Bible and without a local church.  But she worshipped God, she had been taught, and God had revealed Himself to her.

v.2

"There is none holy like the LORD"

"There is none besides you"

"There is no rock like our God"

-The God of the Bible is the only God there is.  There are not multiple gods to believe in that humans can merely choose what they want to believe.  There is no one else but this One.

v.3

"The LORD is a God of knowledge"

"By him actions are weighed"

-The God of the Bible is omniscient.  He knows and is concerned with the details of every life.  He is the Judge of the universe.  One day, everyone will be held accountable before Him for their actions in this life.

vv.4-5

-These are two examples in a series of God's control and power to reverse human thinking and situations.  Peninnah bore sons and daughters for Elkanah, but it was this one son of Hannah who influenced a nation.

v.6

"The LORD kills and brings to life"

-He holds the power of life and death.

v.7

"The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and exalts."

-He is the potter.  We are the clay.  As the owner of all things, He fashions each life as He desires.

v.8

"For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and on them he has set the world."

-Creation is not confined to the book of Genesis.  The God of the Bible is the Creator and Controller of all things.

v.9

"He will guard the feet of his faithful ones."

-His personal care is especially demonstrated in how He protects and provides for those who are good stewards of His stuff.

v.10

"The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces"

"The LORD will judge the ends of the earth"

-Those who choose to rebel against Him by their actions or by their apathy will one day pay an awful eternal price.  No one who rejects the LORD gets away with it.

How great is our God today!