A Mother's Prayer

 

This morning as I sought the Lord, He showed me a portion of scripture that speaks, I believe, to the current events of our day. As the evil one seeks to remove any shred of decency and morality from our government, and as the freedom of religion, the freedom to just elections and freedom of speech, to name a few, are being undermined, I see hope in God's Word. Hannah was one of the two wives of Elkanah from the tribe of Ephraim. Hannah was barren, unable to have children, and she bore the brunt of Elkanah's other wife's mockery and taunting year after year when they went to the tabernacle to sacrifice to the Lord. One day, in desperation, Hannah cried out to the Lord:

"O LORD of Heaven's Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the LORD, his hair will never be cut." (1 Samuel 1:11)

God heard her prayer and answered. True to her word, after Samuel was weaned, she brought him back where he lived under the counsel of Eli, the priest. Samuel became the last judge and first prophet of Israel. 

As I read Hannah's Prayer of Praise, I asked God to honor the prayers of many mothers, grandmothers, aunts, cousins, friends, who are standing for our children, grandchildren, all children, beginning with the unborn - the future generations who are the future leaders of this country. We stand against legislation that seeks to undermine righteousness and justice, as the so-called "Equality Act" and other legislation poised to threaten the sanctity of human life and rights of all humanity. So I offer up this prayer of praise and declaration:

                            

"My heart rejoices in the LORD!

The LORD has made me strong.

Now I have an answer for my enemies;

I rejoice because you rescued me.

No one is holy like the LORD!

There is no one besides you;

there is no Rock like our God.

"Stop acting so proud and haughty!

Don't speak with such arrogance!

For the LORD is a God who knows what

you have done;

he will judge your actions.

The bow of the mighty is now broken,

and those who stumbled are now strong.

Those who were well fed are now starving,

and those who were starving are now full.

The childless woman now has seven children,

and the woman with many children wastes away.

The LORD gives both death and life;

he brings some down to the grave but raises others up.

The LORD makes some poor and others rich;

he brings some down and lifts others up.

He lifts the poor from the dust

and the needy from the garbage dump.

He sets them among princes,

placing them in seats of honor.

For all the earth is the LORD's,

and he has set the world in order.

"He will protect his faithful ones,

but the wicked will disappear in darkness.

No one will succeed by strength alone.

Those who fight againt the LORD will be shattered.

He thunders against them from heaven;

the LORD judges throughout the earth.

He gives power to his king;

he increases the strength of his anointed one."

1 Samuel 2:1-10 NLT

May all God's people praise His Name, Jesus Christ, our true King!