A Child: Asked For and Lent To
This meditation on 1 Samuel 1:27-28 explores the spiritual principle that children are gifts from God to be dedicated to His service, drawing connections between Hannah's prayer for a child and her commitment to lend him to the Lord. Vanoverloop encourages parents to pray for their children's spiritual development and to dedicate them to lifelong service, particularly calling families to pray for sons called to pastoral ministry in the church. The article emphasizes the covenant obligation of parents to raise their children in the fear of the Lord and to intercede for God's blessing upon their instruction and example.
For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there. I Samuel 1:27, 28 In 1963 the Rev. Gerrit Vos wrote a meditation for the Standard Bearer on this passage. Rev. Vos used the meditation as an opportunity to call parents to pray for sons who would serve the church in the ministry of the Word. The occasion for this plea was...
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