FOREVER HE IS GOD
1 Samuel 3

God is the God who returns. He is the God that remembers and also the God that visits. King David stated, “Return, O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for your mercies’ sake!” (Psalm 6:4) Meditating on these words of David will lead to different questions with answers in the Word of God. One question to ponder on is the request of David, “Return O Lord”. Could it have been a cry at a time when God had departed from him? It is clear that when God departs all that is of God and from God ceases to manifest itself. It is a dangerous ground to be where revelation from God desists. At a point in time in Shiloh when Eli was the priest, we are made to understand that, “…the word of Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.” (1 Samuel 3:1) God’s communication is His revelation and where there is no revelation, transformation ceases. The journey of life without transformation will lead to termination. David’s asking for the Lord to return for him to be delivered is evidence to the testimony that without revelation every struggle of life reigns. It is only the one who has the understanding for the need of God’s revelation which will always not want for His revelation to cease. How is your revelation experience? Just like David said, revelation from God will bring forth deliverance and salvation will reign. The situation of no revelation in Shiloh called for the return of God. The Lord’s return is His appearance and it took the coming to life of Samuel for revelation to come back to Shiloh. 1 Samuel 3:21, “Then the LORD appeared again in Shiloh. For the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.”God, who appeared again in Shiloh, will also appear again (return) to visit you if you have lost contact with Him or if you have limited His appearance. He is the same yesterday and today. Evidently, where His Word becomes rare, widespread revelation will cease. Psalm 106:4, “Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation.” What are you looking up to Him for? Is it for Him to return, to remember or to visit? He is a faithful God! Call on Him and state your request to Him. The Psalmist wanted Him to remember and to visit him because when God remembers or visits, you will be enabled to see the benefit of His chosen ones. You will be able to rejoice in the gladness of His nation and will be able to glory with His inheritance. (Psalm 106:5) God is forever consistent. He is God that returns to reveal. He is the God that remembers to favor and God that visits with salvation.

Prayer for today: Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.