An Attentive Servant | Pastor Courtney Hall

SCRIPTURE TEXT: 1 Samuel 3:1-21   In the days when the priest Samuel was still just a child serving in the Lord’s Tabernacle, “the [prophetic] word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions” (1 Sam 3:1). The near blindness of Samuel’s guardian, Eli the priest, seemed to symbolize the darkness of that age when “everyone did what was right in their own eyes” (Judges 21:25) including Eli’s wicked priestly sons, Hophni & Phineas. But “the lamp of God had not yet gone out” (1 Sam 1:3)—for God’s light shines in the darkness, & the darkness can’t snuff it out (John 1:5). Even as a young boy, Samuel learned that to listen for & to the Lord is to open to His light of wisdom & revelation, igniting & enlightening us as attentive servants of God equipped to minister His word to a darkened world in need.   SUNDAY SERVICE  PREACHER: Lead Pastor Courtney Hall   DATE: July 17, 2022  SERVICE TIME: 10:30 am (PDT) | In-Person & Online*   SERIES: The Samuel Story (Pt. 2) Sermon Slides