Dropping Words
"The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of his words fall to the ground" (1 Samuel 3:19, NIV).
It's a little awkward grammatically but the following two verses clear up which "he" is who!
"And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord. The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed himself to Samuel through his word. And Samuel's word came to all Israel" (3:20-4:1a, NIV).
I love that phrase, "…he let none of his words fall to the ground." This boy to whom God spoke, this youth, this man, heard the voice of God, he listened (once he got over that initial confusion of who was speaking to him) and he didn't forget or neglect one single word of what God told him.
What a beautiful example of what our attitude should be to the Word of God. We sometimes pick and choose from among the things we hear from God. We have a marketplace mentality. Samuel didn't. And because he took seriously every word that God spoke, God continued to speak to him, and through him.
And others recognized that.
It might seem like a small ambition, but I'd like to be one of those who doesn't let any of God's words "fall to the ground" in my life.
After all, who has anything more important to say than God does?
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