1 Sam. 3

1Sa 3:21  “And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.”

    I find it amazing that Samuel worked at the “church” all that time, and did not yet know the Lord.  “1Sa 3:7  Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.”
    I wonder how many of us are busy doing the work, but ignoring the essential faith that saves us, but I see something else here that is very important for all Christians.  The Lord revealed Himself through His Word, not through music, not through ministering, but through His Word.  There is the crux of the matter, the Word of God.   “And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli.” (1 Sam 3:1).   
    Do you want to know Him?  Read His Word;
    Do you wish to see the Lord?  Look into His Word;
    God reveals Himself through His Word, and only through His Word.

Let’s stay in the Word, and put away worldly books and worldly wisdom.

Some look to music to “soothe the soul“; some trust in their ministries, and service to “get them through”; you will only find Christ through His Word, and nowhere else.  He Is the “Way, the Truth, and the Life” of great man and women, the real success of life.  “For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.” (Acts 17:28)