“The Lord’s Word and Samuel”

BIBLE PASSAGE 1 Samuel 1:11, 20; 3:9 and Hebrews 1:1–2
​STORY “The Lord’s Word and Samuel”
​GOSPEL CONNECTION The book of Hebrews begins this way, “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son” (Heb. 1:1–2). Over a thousand years before Jesus, God revealed himself to Samuel and other judges, priests, and prophets like him through visions and dreams—or with actual words like our story today. But now, God reveals himself to us through Jesus. We know what God is like, what he has done for us, and how we are to respond to him by looking at Jesus—the way he lived, taught, healed, suffered, died, and rose again. And the surest way we know about Jesus is by the word of God in the Bible. We read the Bible. We learn about Jesus. And we share the good news about Jesus with our friends and family. It is so important to listen to whatever the word of God tells us to be and to do—and then to share it with others.