he Lord speaks to Samuel, but Samuel doesn’t recognize His voice. The Lord doesn’t stop speaking. He continues to speak until Samuel listens. Samuel becomes a spokesperson for the Lord. Does God speak to us today? If so, how? Do we recognize His voice? How do we respond to what he “tells” us?
The Bible contains an Upper Story and Lower Story. The Upper Story tells the big picture, the grand narrative of God unfolding throughout history. The Lower Story contains the sometimes delightful, other times appalling particulars of human experience. God uses real-life people to carry out his plan and purpose! Let’s meet some of those people, and see how God uses them.