By: Gabriela Yareliz
Two out of my three trains are on time. I am overcoming my shock. As I do that, I continue to reflect on a passage in scripture that deeply moved me this week.
You know, sometimes, you are in a weird season. You feel surrounded by an environment you could do without. You pray incessantly, but it feels pretty quiet and stagnant. It brings David’s writings into perspective— how despondent he was at times, begging God to help him, feeling the darkness all around.
Today’s words aren’t from David, but from the mother of the man who anointed him king (Hannah, mother of Samuel).
I read her prayer, as I have done many times before, but the ending gripped me:
“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail. The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
1 Samuel 2:9-10 ESV
I am sharing this in case it encourages you, too. He guards the feet of the faithful. The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces (some versions say ‘shattered’).
Hannah was someone who very much felt God’s silence in a season of life. But through the perceived silence, God was bringing about something BIG. Because that is what God does. He isn’t hampered or stopped. He is always bringing about His purpose, which is love. The ultimate good. It’s not easy; it’s not by might— but it’s wrought in patience, our quiet working of the soul, and His certain guiding hand.
GABRIELA YARELIZ 