“Time to Panic?”

1 Samuel 2: 12, 26: “Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the Lord … now the boy Samuel was growing in stature and in favor both with the Lord and with men.” Did you know evil men were growing worse and worse? Of course, the Bible promises it! (2 Timothy 3: 13). This is a sign for us, not to bombard heaven and pray for deliverance from the evil, but to rise up in the Spirit and be who the Lord called us to be. And if the Eli’s in the Church won’t discipline and control the Hophni’s and Phinehas’ in the Church, He always has a Samuel waiting in the wings...