Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Samuel 3:1-9
by: Jerry Johnson.
There are many days when I become discouraged as I look at what is taking place in most societies in the West. Proverbs 29:18 tells us, “Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained” (“perish” in KJV). At the time of this passage, ritual ministry was going on, but there was a famine of God’s Word and divine revelation. If we desire for our 21st century world to come back to having a semblance of reverence for the Lord, the vehicle needs to be the bold preaching and teaching of the whole counsel of God’s Word. And we need people like Samuel who are eager to both hear and proclaim it.