I Samuel 1:1-2:11--Kings and Kingdoms Week 2

Have you ever wanted something, wanted something so very badly, that it just consumed you? Maybe it was a good thing, something God wanted you to do or have, but you were asking God and asking God for it and it just didn’t happen, or hadn’t happened yet? Maybe it was healing from the cancer. Perhaps it was relief from the burden of debt. Maybe it was for a family member to change the direction of poor choices and you keep praying and asking and waiting and praying and asking and waiting, and nothing happened yet? Maybe it was for a spouse or child to turn to Christ, or perhaps the desperation of a bill you cannot pay or not having enough money to put food on the table.. If you’ve ever felt such a feeling, do you remember the desperation? The feeling of hopelessness? The weight of desiring relief from that pressure and not being able to get that? . . . And chance are you’ve felt that too. You get hit will bill after bill after bill and don’t know how you will afford to pay. Or you get hit with a difficult health issue and you’re not sure how you will come out of it. If you’ve ever felt like this, then you can understand how Hannah felt. Hannah is in our passage today, and as we encounter Hannah, we see her in desperation as she brings her impossible prayer request to the Lord. And I think from the example of Hannah, we can learn how we can find the same hope, help, and comfort that she found when she laid all her cares before the Lord and she determined to desire him above all else.