Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for August 15, 2026

LISTENING TO GOD

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 1Samuel 3:9

Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.”

Additional Verses

📖 1 Samuel 3:1-21; Isaiah 6:1-13; John 10:22-30; Acts 9:1-19

When God called Samuel for the first time, the boy Samuel heard the familiar voice of Eli and so his response was directed towards Eli. Samuel had not learnt to listen to the voice of the LORD. Had Eli not mentored him on how to listen carefully and also the right way to respond to God, Samuel would have certainly missed the hour of his visitation. When Eli, with his wisdom from God, discerned that it was the LORD calling the young man Samuel, he taught him how to listen and also how to respond to the voice of the LORD. The next time the LORD called Samuel, the boy now had the Spirit of Understanding and of knowledge of God and also of the fear of the LORD at work in him because Eli had taught him the right way to respond to the LORD. Immediately he responded the right way, the LORD then gave him the Word of prophecy. From that day onwards Samuel became anointed as the prophet of God over Israel because he had learnt to listen to the voice of the LORD. When the Lord called Prophet Isaiah, in Isaiah Chapter 6, he saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted. He was in the temple. He saw angels giving glory to God and the sound of their voices shook the door posts of the temple. He saw and cried before the Lord acknowledging his unworthiness before the Lord. The Lord sent an angel with a live coal and it touched his lips and his guilt was taken away and sins forgiven. When the Lord God spoke, he was listening. Verse 8b says, “Whom shall l send? And who will go for us?” Isaiah responded, “Here am l. Send me.” Isaiah was listening and was able to carry out God’s command to the people of Israel. Today the LORD is always talking to you through His Word in the Holy Bible as well as through His anointed servants. The reason why you may not be hearing from Him is that you may be taking the Holy Bible as another familiar book. You may also be too used to the voice of the servant of the LORD through whom God is talking to you all the time. Instead of hearing God talking to you through His instruments, you are just hearing a familiar human voice. When you read the Bible, maybe you are just reading some stories instead of hearing God talking to you. Today I am encouraging you to listen with the ear of faith as you study your Bible. Also when your Pastor is preaching to you the Good News of our LORD Jesus Christ, learn to listen to the voice of the inner man, as the LORD will also be talking to you through His servant. When you do this, you will certainly not miss the hour of your visitation. Alleluia!

Prayer

Open my inner heart LORD Jesus Christ today, so that I may be able to listen to what You have to say to me and that I may not miss the hour of my visitation. In Jesus Christ’s mighty name I pray, Amen.