The passage that we have just read is one of the most quaint and precious in all the Word of God. And it strikes a chord in every parent's heart. The longing of every parent is to see their children come to know the Lord, for the Lord to call them to Himself, and for Him to raise that child up to useful service in His sight. But every one of us who believes God's word has come to know that the salvation of any person is dependent on the Lord's calling and not upon the actions of their own will and choice. And it is not ultimately dependent upon the parent's actions, or the parent's will and choice either. Salvation is not of works, but rather it is of God who calls. It is by grace, through faith, and not of ourselves. We see here that Samuel was just a young lad when the Lord called him. In verse 7 it says, "Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, nor was the word of the Lord yet revealed to him." He was young, but he was not too young to be saved. Can young children be called to know the Lord? I am sure that they can – and so I would like us to examine together the calling of Samuel. Because I believe that the calling of Samuel to know the Lord can teach us much about how God calls children and others to salvation in Christ today. From the calling of Samuel we shall draw 4 lessons.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
