“And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.” That sounds like our own time. Actually, it was the situation during the time when the boy Samuel served Eli the priest.

It was during this spiritual drought that God spoke to Samuel, a mere boy. But where were all the men? Where were the spiritual fathers? Why did God finally speak to a boy? Evidently, God knew that Samuel would listen. When Samuel realized that it was the voice of the Lord, he said, “Speak, for thy servant hears.”

Listening to God implies a readiness to give absolute obedience to the Sovereign God. It involves surrender as well as sensitivity.

Most of us are quite fearful of what surrender to God might cost us. And yet, listening to Him may just be the greatest and most exciting adventure possible in this present existence!
Listen...learn...live on the edge of adventure!

Spiritual maturity comes not by erudition,
but by compliance with the known will of God.
 - Leonard Ravenhill