Desired for the Lord

When Hannah came with her son Samuel to Eli at Shiloh, she said, “Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord as long as he lives; he has been desired for the Lord.” 1 Sam. 1:28.

Hannah was like an unfruitful branch for as long as she desired a son for herself. But God purified her. When she came to Shiloh, she made a promise before the Lord’s face: “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of your maidservant and remember me, and not forget your maidservant, but will give your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life.” Then the Lord heard her.

Hannah desired for the Lord, and her fruit became the prophet Samuel who stood before the Lord’s face.

If you want to bear fruit, you must desire it for the Lord and not for yourself. Then you will be like a garden of the Lord. You will bear fruit, and your fruit will remain, just as Jesus says. John 15:16. You must offer yourself—and your fruits—to the Lord.

Desire great things for Him, but nothing for yourself. This is the way to fruitfulness.

Aksel Smith