Where is the boy?

I have been meditating on Hannah’s prayer for a while now. The bible says she poured her heart out to God, this means, our prayers should always be from the heart. Many people pray in tongues but their hearts are not connected to the prayer. Hannah was not playing church. She wasn’t playing games. She was not pretending to pray! It wasn’t for the title “prayer warrior” no! She was in the right posture, pouring her heart to the Lord. I highly recommend that you go through the whole story from 1Samuel chapter 1.

At this point Hannah was fed up of carrying a burden that taunted her day and night. Tired of Peninah’s mockery; the trips to Shiloh – coming back empty handed. Listen, a Christian life with no results is frustrating. I have lived it before but that was the last of it! Like Esau l became restless and decided to travail and break the yoke! At some point you need to make a decision that you will not let Him go until Jacob becomes Israel, until Samuel is conceived, until the yoke is broken! These lies we have believed that “it will happen if it’s meant to be” will leave us empty and angry at God!! Hannah, pour your heart out to the Lord! Why sit there until you die? Why endure when you can enjoy? Your womb can carry a child – do not let the enemy make you think otherwise!

Hannah begins to travail. (I almost typed in tongues!) Kai! She enters into the groanings which I believe were a dimension of the Holy Spirit interceding for us. Her prayer was verbal , it seemed like she was introducing us to the work of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament, groanings that cannot be uttered in words

”In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.“
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭26‬-‭27‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Something stood out for me in the way she prayed. l”And she made a vow, saying, “Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.”“
‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭1‬:‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬

This is our topic today. The vows you made when you needed a breakthrough! “Oh Lord give me the job I will be a kingdom financier!” Or “Lord give me a husband, I will serve you all my life!” .. really? This one that we complain about paying tithe? We forget about serving in the house of God once we have the marriages? Where is the Samuel you promised to bring back to the temple? Where is the boy? Have we forgotten how we poured our hearts to God when we really needed divine intervention? Moses warns Israel in the book of Exodus , he says do not forget the Lord your God when you have entered this land of milk and honey. Oh because it is very easy to forget! How many people have forgotten you after all the help you’ve given them? It’s easy to forget once you see the milk and honey you’ve longed for!! Once the fees is paid, the job comes, the business is booming, will you take Samuel to the temple as promised? Some people have never tithed since they started working, a job that came by the hand of the Lord, all they say is “I’ve got bills!” My darling, you’re a thief! “I’m too busy to serve!” That is foolishness.

I just came to remind you, Samuel belongs to the temple. In closing,

”When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it. Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.“
‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭5‬:‭4‬-‭7‬ ‭NIV‬‬

So what did Hannah do? She didn’t cheat her way out of the vow like we do;

”I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.“
‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭1‬:‭27‬-‭28‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Dear Hannah, where is the boy?