In this video listen to 1 Samuel Chapter 3, read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

1 Samuel Chapter 3 Samuel seems to be learning the duty of the priest. He in fact might have been Levite despite having lived in Ephraim. At this point he is about 12-13, a fact which comes from the historian Josephus. He is now old enough to be spiritually responsible for himself. Scripture says here that the word of the Lord was rare.

Perhaps because people didn’t seek Him for them. Also note that the proper translation here is not rare, but precious. The fact that the word is not common is what makes it precious, but it indicates our attitude towards those rare times when God speaks. Samuel at first doesn’t recognise the voice as the Lord. Learning to recognise the voice of God is a skill that many people do not have.

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