"For My Name's Sake"

1Samuel 12:19  

"And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for 

thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that 

we die not: for we have added unto all 

our sins this evil, to ask us a king."

     Having handed his office over to Saul, who henceforth was to shepherd and lead the Chosen People, Samuel assured them that the Lord would not forsake them, "For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people," (1Sam. 12:22).  Oh, take these words to heart, and let them linger like a strain of sweet music in your memory! You may have missed the mark, lost your way, and drifted from God, but the love of God has not forsaken you.  Being disappointed, it lingers; being repelled, it returns; being buffeted, it entreats. God’s name which is, "His honor," is at stake. "For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.  For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another," (Is. 48:9,11)
    Terrified by the thunder storm, which was God’s endorsement of His servant’s faith, the people entreated for Samuel’s continued prayers; and the aged seer assured them that he would count it a great sin if he ceased to pray for them. Prayerlessness is not only an evidence of a obsessed and demoralized nature, but is in itself a sin which requires confession and cleansing. When the heart is right with God, prayer arises like a fountain, from unseen depths. 
Amen!

Reading: (1 Sam. 12:14-25)
Ref: HG SB

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry