Drb Kids

Sometimes our leaders are unjust. In fact, they pervert justice, greed and power can have a terrible effect on our leaders. And that was the case of Samuel sons. Joel and Abijah. The names of these two boys are very interesting. Joel means Yahweh is God. And Abijah  means my father is God. Such beautiful names for these two boys. And yet greed and power ended up blinding these two boys, to who they really were to living up to their Beautiful Names. Sometimes in this life, we can disappoint ourselves, and we can end up not living up to our family name. But there's a leader and there's a name of somebody who will never let us down. And his name is Jesus. Jesus will never twist justice, in his heart will always be for you. So today, Let's trust him. Let's give our whole lives to the one whose name is above all others. And in the name of Jesus. Let us have joy  

I absolutely love this story. Samuel, who was young at this time, would go on to live a long life. And over the course of his life, he would hear many messages from the Lord. he'd become quite familiar with the sound of God's voice. But here this very first time. What makes this so special when I hear it, was that God's first word to Samuel was his name. God knew Samuels name because God knows Samuel. God is in relationship with Samuel. He loves him, even before Samuel knows the sound of God's voice. And you listening to this podcast today, are probably very young too. And I want you to hear something in this story that we read today. I want you to hear your name. God is speaking your name. God knows your name. God has loved you even before you've learned the sound of his voice. As you grow older, you may grow to hear and understand the words of God more and more. You'll hear his voice but know this. The first thing that he says is your name. Because he knows you and He loves you my friend, this is good news.