Persistency

1Sam.1-28, Lk.11:5-13, 18:1-8

Elkanah, his two wives (Hannah and Peninnah), PeninahÕs children, Hannah had no children, went every year to Shiloh. They went  yearly to worship and sacrifice to God. Despite the fact that Hannah had no children, she went with them always. In her going to worship and sacrifice, there was bareness and discouragement because of provocation from Peninnah.1Sam.1:6, 7 and her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb. V.7, so it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat. Is there any provocation in your life? Be persistent. Hannah could have withdrawn from yearly journey to Shiloh, she did not. Hannah kept on going and going. In the parable of the woman and the judge, Lk.18:1, Jesus spoke a parable to them that men always ought to pray and not lose heart. In Lk.11:8, in the parable of the persistent friend, Jesus also emphasized the need for persistency in time of waiting in expectation. Your own situation is not too much for Jesus to handle and it is never too late in GodÕs calendar. Keep on keep going to worship and sacrifice to God, He will answer you.