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Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon. \u00a0One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernaclea near the Ark of God. Suddenly the LORD called out, \u201cSamuel!\u201d \u00a0\u201cYes?\u201d Samuel replied. \u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/span>
\n He got up and ran to Eli. \u201cHere I am. Did you call me?\u201d \u00a0\u201cI didn\u2019t call you,\u201d Eli replied. \u201cGo back to bed.\u201d So he did. \u00a0Then the LORD called out again, \u201cSamuel!\u201d<\/span>
\n Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. \u201cHere I am. Did you call me?\u201d\u00a0\u201cI didn\u2019t call you, my son,\u201d Eli said. \u201cGo back to bed.\u201d\u00a0Samuel did not yet know the LORD because he had never had a message from the LORD before. So the LORD called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. \u201cHere I am. Did you call me?\u201d<\/span>
\n Then Eli realized it was the LORD who was calling the boy. So he said to Samuel, \u201cGo and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, \u2018Speak, LORD, your servant is listening.\u2019\u201d So Samuel went back to bed.<\/span>
\n And the LORD came and called as before, \u201cSamuel! Samuel!\u201d\u00a0And Samuel replied, \u201cSpeak, your servant is listening.\u201d<\/span>
\n Then the LORD said to Samuel, \u201cI am about to do a shocking thing in Israel. I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end. I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn\u2019t disciplined them. So I have vowed that the sins of Eli and his sons will never be forgiven by sacrifices or offerings.\u201d<\/span>
\n Samuel stayed in bed until morning, then got up and opened the doors of the Tabernacle as usual. He was afraid to tell Eli what the LORD had said to him. But Eli called out to him, \u201cSamuel, my son.\u201d<\/span>
\n \u201cHere I am,\u201d Samuel replied.<\/span><\/p>\n

1 Samuel 3:1-15\u00a0NLT<\/span><\/p>\n

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Samuel was only 12 when he heard the voice of God. \u00a0God spoke so clearly to him, but only after he had positioned himself directly outside the Holy of Holies. \u00a0Have you heard God’s voice lately?<\/p>\n

One thing I know for sure is that God wants to speak to us. \u00a0He meets you exactly where you are, no matter what you have or haven’t done. And He wants you to know His will for your life. \u00a0But you have to be in a position to listen. \u00a0There are so many distractions today and we can get so busy with the mundane that we cannot hear above the noise of life.<\/p>\n

In the Bible, when God did speak to His people, He usually waited until they showed that they were ready to listen and to receive it.<\/p>\n

For example,<\/p>\n