Hannah Remembered God

We often talk about waiting on the Lord as if it means sitting still. But Hannah stayed busy while she waited. Year after year she prayed, worshiped, and went up to God's house, long before she ever saw her answer.

Key Verse: "And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation." - 1 Samuel 2:1 (KJV)

On the second night of Camp Meeting, Evangelist Jared Dixon comes back to 1 Samuel from the other side of the story. God remembered Hannah, but did Hannah remember God? Her prayers grew from desperate, challenging prayers into cherished ones. Once Samuel was born, she bragged on the holiness, power, and provision of God. And she worshiped the same way before the answer as after it, keeping her vow to give her son back to the Lord. He closes by showing how Hannah's song of praise echoes in Mary's song a thousand years later.

How you live while you wait matters. Keep praying, keep worshiping, and let God prove Himself faithful in your life.