Over and above

And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the LORD. – 1 Samuel 2v21

I have enjoyed this little look at Hannah’s life and her beautiful praise psalm. This closing comment about her life is one of those little blessings that we can miss if we are not careful.

‘And the Lord visited Hannah…and [she] bore three sons and two daughters.’

Hannah had a problem that she did not know how to deal with. Her answer was to go to the Lord with her need and trust him with the results. When God gave her the desired son she gave him back to her with a joy filled heart. When that was all said and done God blessed her with another child, and another, and another.

God has more in store for us than we can imagine if we would learn to trust Him. It may not always be, as it was in Hannah’s case, that we have our specific request answered the way we want, but God has more in store for us that we could possibly ask for or even think about.

Thank God that He works over and above what we could hope for.