YES! HANNAH KNEW THE REAL PROBLEM

Post date: Oct 27, 2016 10:32:15 PM

There is nothing as good as knowing the problem in one’s life, knowing exactly what to do next to have the expected result, taking the right action and seeing results. The end lane of action is having a lasting and joyful result. That is where God wants you to be in life in everything that is a problem in your life. He does not want you to remain in that problem indefinitely and does not want you to be destroyed in it and by it. I trust He will give you a joyful result and will sustain you in it through His love and grace. That was exactly what He did to Hannah and for Hannah. He even gave a result that she never expected and never asked for; He gave her seven times over the limit of her request. My prayer is that your eyes will be open, your understanding will be enlightened, your senses will be restored, your ability will be enabled by the power of the Holy Spirit and your mouth open to praise the God who alone has all the knowledge, all the wisdom and all the power to bring lasting solutions to all issues in life; God is able to give you peace and sustain you in that peace for His glory forever. There is absolutely nothing He God cannot and will not do for His children, He is not afraid of all their problems combined. 

Hannah knew the Almighty God and knew what He can and will do for her in her problem. She knew that her husband had two wives, but that was not her problem: she knew her rival Phinehas has sons and daughter, but that was not her problem; she knew the family had to go Shiloh to worship and annual sacrifice, and that was not her problem; she knew Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were the priest in charge of the temple and despite their actions in doing their assigned duties, that was not her problem; to keep her from being worried, the husband always give her a double portion of the sacrifice, but that was not the problem; she knew her husband loves her, and that also was not her problem; she knew Phinehas and her children provoked her always, but that was not the problem; she knew she was often bitter with herself and with others, but that was not the problem; she often felt irritated by the entire scenario, but that was not the problem; she was often embarrassed by her situation, being embarrassed was not the problem; she often wept and refuse to eat, but weeping and eating was not the problem; she was often felt sad with herself, but sadness was not the problem; she does felt discontented and afflicted but that was not the problem; she knew the problem was that she has no child. She knew also that only God can resolve the problem in her life and decided to take to Him in prayer with a vow, God answered. When you identify the true problem, act according to the words of God, expect nothing else but the right answer that will not take long to be fulfilled.

“There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, named Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other named Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. This man went up from his city each year to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh. Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests to the Lord there. When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions of the sacrificial meat to Peninnah his wife and all her sons and daughters. But to Hannah, he would give a double portion, because he loved Hannah, but the Lord had given her no children. Hannah’s rival provoked her bitterly, to irritate and embarrass her because the Lord had left her childless. So it happened year after year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, Peninnah provoked her; so she wept and would not eat. Then Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why do you cry and why do you not eat? Why are you so sad and discontent? Am I not better to you than ten sons? So Hannah got up after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat beside the doorpost of the temple tabernacle of the Lord. Hannah was greatly distressed, and she prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish. She made a vow, saying, O Lord of hosts if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember---.”1 Samuel 1:1-11. For prayers Click here