Speak, for your servant heareth

“And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.” – 1 Samuel 3v10

Young Samuel was ready for his call from God. Through the night he kept being awakened by a voice calling his name and ran to Eli thinking it was Eli calling him. Finally, Eli said to listen, for it was God calling him.

Samuel awoke and told the Lord, “Speak for your servant heareth.” All through childhood Samuel had been trained for servant hood. He already had about ten years of service under his belt. Now it was time for his full time of service.

His few words have profound meaning. “Speak Lord,” indicates that he was silent and ready to hear God speak. How often do we fail to allow the Lord to speak by keeping our lives so busy that there is no room for Him to speak to us?

He also said, “your servant.” Being a servant is never easy because it involves sacrificing our will and desire for His will and desire for our lives. Calling ourselves servants, as Samuel did, means that we are taking our hands off of our lives.

“Your servant hears” indicates that he was ready to listen and obey. Are we willing to say without reservation, “your servant hears?”

Whenever we spend time with God we need to be willing to say, without doubt or reservation – “Speak Lord, for your servant heareth.”