God Turns the Tables

We are at 1st Samuel chapter 2, 1st Samuel chapter 2, the first 11 verses. Hannah's got a song. She's had the baby. She's brought him to the tabernacle. And now we're going to find out Hannah's song.
So good morning. Good morning. Welcome to Coffee and Devotions. This is where every morning you and I, we get together, we get into God's word and we grow in our love for the Lord. Together. Together. And we're working sequentially or chronologically through a bunch of Historical books and prophets.
So let's have some coffee. We'll pray. Don't get into God's Word It's kind of lukewarm at this point, you don't want any? I don't like lukewarm. Yeah, that it is Jesus. He spits it out of his mouth You know that verse in Revelation? Yeah. You should be either hot or cold. So at the judgment day, if you're not hot, I'll split you out of his mouth.
Okay. Let's pray. God, we thank you so much for this day. We thank you for the blessing of getting to spend time together. We thank you for your word. And we pray now for your Holy Spirit to help us. Help us, Lord, to understand, to believe, and to live. We need your help, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen.
All right, here we go. Man, that sun came through really bright all of a sudden, huh?
2 Samuel, chapter 2, beginning at verse 1. I'll let you start. We'll just go back and forth. And Hannah prayed and said my heart rejoices in the Lord. My horn is exalted in the Lord I smile at my enemies because I rejoice in your salvation.
She's got a horn She like a unicorn What's it a metaphor for for her honor, right? Yeah, so she had an adversary. Her adversary was Elkanah's other wife, who was constantly making fun of her for not being able to have a baby.
No one is holy like Yehovah, for there is none beside you, nor is there any rock like our God. You want to do verse three?
So we're just going to go back and forth like that, okay? Talk no more so very proudly. Let no arrogance come from your mouth. For the Lord is the God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed. The bows of the mighty are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength. Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, and the hungry have ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, and she who has many children has become feeble.
What are you talking about? It's just like she was um like the other wife was like making fun of her because she couldn't have any kids and now she has a kid. Yeah now she's like ha ha look what the Lord's done for me. Right?
Okay. Now read verse six. The Lord kills and makes alive. He brings down to the grave and brings up. The Lord makes poor and makes rich. He brings low and lifts up. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the ash heap to set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and He has set the world upon them. He will guard the feet of His saints, but the wicked shall be silent in darkness. For by strength no man shall prevail. The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces. From heaven he will thunder against them. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth. I will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed. He will give strength to his king, yeah.
Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah. But the child ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.
Okay, so they leave. Kana goes home as the husband. He goes home and he leaves the baby with Eli, or the boy with Eli. And so, what's this section about? Hannah's singing to God. Okay. Yeah. And what's, what do you think is, as you're trying to summarize and think about what kind of the main themes of this song are, what would you say? What are the main themes to summarize this song?
Um, my honor is exalted. Okay. So she has honor again. I think part of it is like the reversal of things. The barren lists now have children, but those who were rich and had children are now feeble. Those who were weak, he's made strong, and those who were mighty, he's brought low. It's about God turning things on its head. And why does she have confidence about these types of things? Wanna do this? Why does she have confidence about these things?
I'm just going to say, look at verse 2. That's what I have starred. I have it starred in my Bible. Because of the Lord? Yeah, no one is holy like Jehovah, for there is none beside you, nor is there any rock like our God. And so she's going to talk about what the type of fortress God she has, right? The one that they want to do these amazing things. No one else is holy like him. She's so excited about God and what he's done and how he's heard her prayers. And so she's going to sing his praises. She's thankful to him for all of his good deeds.
So, all right. I've already chosen my best verse, verse two. What would you underline for you as the best verse that you would underline to summarize this section? Probably four and five. Four and five. Okay. Yeah, probably because of the whole giving children type thing. Good. All right. Let's go ahead and go to see calling. What are we called to do?
Every time your brother gets in trouble when he was the one who was instigating the trouble, you're going to sing a song to God. No one is wholly like my God. He's my rock, and he's the one who has avenged me and brought justice. Uh. I guess you could do that. Yes, you could. What does this call you to do and how does it point you to Jesus Christ?
To know that God will take care of everything. Yeah, that's a great comfort. God's going to take care of everything. Even when things seem to be going wrong, God's going to take care of everything. I think this points me to Jesus Christ because it's Jesus who flipped the world on his head. Did you know that was the accusation that they brought against Christians? They're turning the whole world on its head. The poor are exalted. The righteous are told to repent. Slaves are told they're free. They're turning the world on its head.
true. And I love the last part. I actually have this start as well. In the last part of verse 10, he will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed. I think this is talking about what this little Samuel is eventually going to do. He's going to anoint even David. He's going to anoint David as the king. And that king is eventually going to have a son, and that son, a son, and that son, a son, and that son, son, son, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, The Anointed King.
So. The only thing I'm confused about is this is like even the Baron has born seven, but like she's only had one. And later you find out she only has five other kids. Mm hmm. Yeah. So seven is a picture of perfection. Oh, so it's not it's not like necessarily mathematical, but it's also when you're in song poetry, you can use illustrative language. Right. So it's not saying that she literally has seven children. She's saying God has God has filled the barren woman. Right. Like if you if you really want to be careful about reading Hebrew or any poetry with straight. literalness because the issue is then you end up with like go to song of solomon and like her teeth are like shorn sheep with none missing her tower is like a tower of siloam right like hold on why would you really think that Solomon thinks his wife looks like she's got goat's eyes or dove eyes and goat teeth? No, right? It's illustrative material. So yeah, good question.
Good. All right. You ready to pray? Lord, we do thank you that you control everything and that you care for us. Even when there really are difficult, challenging, hard things in life, Lord, we can trust you. I can't imagine how hard it must have been for Hannah to have so desperately prayed for this child and then to leave the baby with Eli. But yet we see here her amazing faith in you. What a beautiful song that Hannah has given us of knowing that you are the rock. There is no one like you. You are holy. God, please, let us trust in you and walk in your ways. Let us hold to you all of our lives. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Well, may God bless you. May you sing like Hannah. May your heart know who your rock is. And may his King reign in your heart forever. We'll see you next time. Bye.