Article May 11, 1968 Issue

Listening to God

[For children]

CAROLYN HAYWOOD

Do you know that God once spoke to a boy named Samuel? The Bible tells us that God called to Samuel four times. The first three times Samuel thought that Eli, with whom he lived, had called him, but Eli said he had not.

Eli told Samuel that if he heard the voice again he should say, "Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth."^{I Sam. 3:9;} After that, Samuel knew that God was always so near him that they could speak to each other. He listened for God to guide him, and so Samuel grew up to be a wise prophet and good judge of his people.

Perhaps you are thinking, "Oh, but that was a long, long time ago that people like Samuel or Christ Jesus talked with God. Samuel was different from me. I couldn't talk with God. I can't hear God's voice! I am just an ordinary child. And besides, there are so many things to listen to—the sound of airplanes overhead, the radio and the television. And there are so many voices—the voices of my family, of my playmates, of my teachers. Anyhow, I don't think God would talk to me."

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