Samuel and the Voice

Voice of a Father Today’s Focus: Samuel and the Voice Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-16 Greetings Sons of God: Now many of us have heard this story but I want to point out a fundamental concept of how the voice of the father works with the sons. Here we have Eli and Samuel. Now we know that Eli is not the biological father of Samuel. The scripture said that Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. Eli is a picture of a spiritual father and Samuel was his son. Now you may ask how can we prove this? We will see in scripture. Now we know that the voice of the Lord called out to Samuel three times that night but notice this: When the voice of the Lord called for Samuel, he ran to Eli! Now we know it is the voice of the Lord because we are reading it but to Samuel it was the voice of Eli. Hence, Eli realizes that the Lord is calling the young Samuel (1 Samuel 3:8). Eli gives Samuel counsel to ask the Lord to speak to His servant the next time He calls. And when the Lord speaks to Samuel again, Samuel replies to the Lord. In other words, it was by Eli that Samuel would get connected to the Lord. However all of this was prompted by the voice of the Lord. Now let’s prove that Eli viewed Samuel as a son and then we will draw the big picture. 1 Samuel 3:16: Then Eli called Samuel and said, SAMUEL, MY SON. AND HE ANSWERED HERE AM I. Now here is the big picture! Eli represents the spiritual father and Samuel represents the son. When the voice of the Father spoke to Samuel, He recognized that voice as being the same voice of his spiritual father. It would be Eli understanding that Samuel is hearing the voice of the Father that He would connect Him with the voice so that He can serve the Lord. It is your spiritual fathers responsibility to re-connect you with the voice of the Father. Spiritual fathers as not called to manipulate, rule, or control you. They are called to watch over your soul, revive it and bring you back into relationship with the spirit and re-connect you once again to the heavenly Father. Is that not what the ultimate goal is, to get the soul to submit back to blindly following the spirit. The Father does this once again through the Father/Son model. These spiritual fathers are mature sons God has raised to help bring the Body of Christ to maturity. When these fathers speak they speak the Word of the Lord to the sons, imparting grace and helping the sons re-connect to the Father through discipleship and teaching the sons how to submit their soul to the spirit and hear the voice of the Father. It is the Father/Son Model that the Father is speaking (Hebrews 1:1,2). It is the intimate relationship that the Father desires and He does it through the venue of Son. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.