Redemption from Silence
1 Samuel 1:2 Elkanah
2 And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other
Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
Hannah = Pain of Emptiness
V4 - 5
4 And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah
his wife and to all her sons and her daughters; 5 but to Hannah he would give a double
portion, for he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.
“Children are a blessing and a gift from the Lord” - Psalm 127:3
6 Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the Lord had
closed her womb. 7 And it happened year after year, as often as she went up to the
house of the Lord, she would provoke her, so she wept and would not eat.
8 Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you
not eat and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
V 9-11
9 After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was
sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the LORD. 10 She was
deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. 11 And she vowed a
vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your
servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your
servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor
shall touch his head.”
1. The Pain of Barrenness
2. The Prayer of Brokenness
12 As she continued praying before the LORD, Eli observed her mouth. 13 Hannah
was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard.
Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman. 14 And Eli said to her, “How long
will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you.” 15 But Hannah
answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither
wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the LORD.
16 Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been
speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.” 17 Then Eli answered, “Go in
peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.”
18 And she said, “Let your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then the woman went
her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
Then the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
V19 and 20
Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and
returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah
his wife, and the Lord remembered her. 20 And it came about in due time, after
Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel,
saying, “Because I have asked him of the Lord.”
1. The Pain of Barrenness
2. The Prayer of Brokenness
3. The Purpose of the Delay
Psalm 139:4 - “Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it
altogether.”
(2 Corinthians 12:7-10)
7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness
of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to
harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with
the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is
sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will
boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest
upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults,
hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Paul’s Thorn
A. The Pain of Affliction
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.
Paul’s Thorn
A. The Pain of Affliction
B. The Prayer is Repeated
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in
weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the
power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with
weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak,
then I am strong.
Paul’s Thorn
A. The Pain of Affliction
B. The Prayer of Pleading
C. The Purpose of the Thorn
Mark 14
36 And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from
me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
Jesus
A. The Pain of the Cup
2 Corinthians 5:21
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might
become the righteousness of God.
Jesus
A. The Pain of the Cup
B. The prayer of honesty
Jesus
A. The Pain of the Cup
B. The prayer of honesty
C. The Purpose - Redemption
