1 Samuel 1:27-28 For this child I prayed; and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him:… 1. It was heard prayer. 2. It was based on a new name for God. She appealed to Jehovah under a new title, "Jehovah of Hosts," as though it were nothing to Him to summon into existence an infant spirit, whom she might call child. 3. It was definite prayer. "Give unto thine handmaid a man-child." "For this child I prayed." So many of our prayers miscarry because they are aimed at no special goal. 4. It was prayer without reserve. "I have poured out my soul before the Lord." 5. It was persevering prayer. "It came to pass, as she continued praying before the Lord." 6. It was prayer that received its coveted boon. 7. The workings of sorrow. In this prayer we can trace the harvest sown in years of suffering. Only one who had greatly suffered could have poured out such a prayer. (F. B. Meyer, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:WEB: For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him. |
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