(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
1 Samuel 3:19–21, “And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD. And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.”
Samuel was courageous and faithfully gave the Lord’s message to Eli. The Lord blessed Samuel as he grew up and made sure that people respected everything that he said. No one treated Samuel like a fool or ignored the things that he had to say. The Israelis understood that he brought the Lord’s message and respected his words because they came from the Lord God of heaven. The situation had changed from Samuel’s younger years when the Lord’s words were rare. They had been rare before because no one bothered to listen to what the Lord had to say so the Lord stopped speaking to Israel, after all it was just a waste of time. When Samuel listened to the Lord and acted on His commands the Lord knew that the people would listen to Him so He spoke often for the benefit of the entire nation and for the glory of His Great and Holy Name.
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