by Audrey Frank @AudreyCFrank
See last month for For New Writers: Take Time to Grow, Part One in Seasons of Stewardship by Audrey Frank
The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.
1 Samuel 3:19
Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king.
1 Samuel 8:10
Nathan replied to the king, “Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the Lord is with you.” But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?”
2 Samuel 7:3
The Lord was with Samuel as he grew, and He did not let any of his words fall to the ground. The rest of Samuel’s life was marked with powerful simplicity: “Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people…”
Telling all the words of the Lord to the people included teaching and mentoring younger word-stewards. According to Jewish history, among Samuel’s students was a young scholar named Nathan. Although the author of 1 and 2 Samuel is unknown, it is commonly believed that Nathan recorded the events of 2 Samuel. In any case, Samuel’s student modeled what he learned from his mentor: a listening and teachable heart.
