SATURDAY - 30TH APRIL, 2022
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THE DANGER IN HANNAH'S VOW - Vow Series 004
I Samuel 1:11, KJV
"And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head."
Many people have not seen the danger in Hannah's vow. It is a danger indeed but it's also a danger that's not dangerous. What makes it a danger, you'll see. What makes it also a danger that's not dangerous, you'll as well see. What was Hannah's vow? Give me a man child that I shall give to you all the days of his life and razor shall not come on him! That was her request and we all learnt from the Holy Bible that Hannah didn't defer to katergeo (cut off) Samuel to the Lord. She respected that vow. Also, Samuel's head was kept far from any shaving.
Now, let's ask a question. What if as Samuel grows with Eli, he lacks desire for God's things and wanted to be a run away boy, who would have been guilty if Samuel left the house of the Lord and then shave his head - break his consecration? Don't forget that that was the vow the mother made on his behalf. Samuel knew nothing but that was done even time ahead of his conception. Should that be enough to free Samuel from this vow of his mother if he had decided to live a rebellious life?
The Spirit told me the first solution to what seems to be a riddle here is to train up a child in the way he should go and when he's old, he'll not depart from same". Did Hannah do that? How did she do that? By sending off Samuel away from herself to acclimatize with the Lord before the great age of accountability. She did her own by cutting off Samuel immediately when Samuel couldn't have had will to say, "no, I am not going. I am not going to walk on that road you have earmarked for me before birth." Hannah must have sent Samuel away so early and immediately after weaning because she was forecasting the boy might change his mind and decide on another road of living if she doesn't point him to one which she already vowed as what would raise him up. So, the Justice of the Lord would have discharged Hannah if when Samuel got to Eli's place and as he matures begins to really misbehave out of his set life. Notwithstanding, if that happens and Hannah is still alive, would Hannah not still be under obligation to call Samuel to order and remind him of the life she vowed and fixed for him which he must live by? Yes and this is how I know.
Proverbs 31:1-4, KJV
"1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
That's a mother warning and telling the child not to live somehow because he's a child of her vow. It means after the vowing, a straying from it should follow a remembrance from parents to their children. Tell them, it is not good that they live that way they've suddenly slipped into. It's contrary to their vowed lifestyle.
If Samuel had shaven his hair, left the Prophet's Academy and ran to the parks and garage with hot crying in honesty of heart from Hannah yet without Samuel's repentance, God would have discharged Hannah to hold Samuel accountable because Samuel is aware of what life he should live and what calling that vow has placed on him but now does contrarily. He'll also be held accountable because he has reached the age of accountability and could decide or choose for himself. But this should not deter parents from ordering their children in the way they should go. Also, when they miss it, they should remind them of who they really are or called to be and be called back. That principle works and works much of the time. The human mind at birth is a clean slate - having tabularaza mind. It is what you fill it with that would be the manifestation of your child. Begin to familiarize your little baby with God's way and they shall never depart from it.
PRAYER: Lord, I shall not hide your prophecies and promises from my issues. Instruct me to instruct them.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Judges 9:22-10:18; Luke 24:13-53; Psalm 100:1-5; Proverbs 14:11-12
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