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1 Samuel 1:1-28, Luke 11:5-13

Elkanah, Hannah, Peninnah and all of PeninnahÕs sons and daughters go to < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Shiloh every year to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of hosts. Every year they were going and nothing changed in the story of Hannah. She was barren when going and barren when coming. There was no indication of complaining or fighting with anyone in the family or outside of her family. Hannah was the neediest and probably the quietest. Hannah kept on going with her family and most probably with no excuse. She was barren and she trusted God for intervention, and she became persistent. You wonder what happened to your case. Does it seem that you have been totally forgotten? Sometimes, persistency is what you need in order to get what you want from God. Persistency is not complaining today and saying a prayer tomorrow, neither a prayer today nor complaining tomorrow. Persistency is to keep on calling without doubting, constantly and consistently. Persistency is the demonstration that you have faith, for God is not pleased when there is no faith. The situation of Hannah is that God had closed her womb. 1 Samuel 1:5, ÒBut to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, although the LORD had closed her womb.Ó Persistency will sometimes provoke the hand of God to open a closed door. In her persistency, God blessed her more than what she expected. Know today that God is God. Let no man seal up the close door that is already upon you with negative confessions. Go the way of persistency and understanding that God can choose to open or close the door. He alone is God.