Hannah

Let's pay attention to God's word.

And Hannah prayed and said: My heart exults in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord.

My mouth derides my enemies because I rejoice in your salvation.

There is none holy like the Lord, for there is none besides you; there's no rock like our God.

But it works the other way too.

We could ask, "What is the most constructive thing in your life? What is it that lifts you up and raises you to new heights?" Well, just as pride goes before a fall, in the same way, humility goes before a rise.

Humility goes before a rise, or in the words that Hannah uses here, humility goes before exaltation.

The, the big question that this passage answers is, how can I be exalted? How can I be exalted? It, it's not a word that we often use, but to exalt means to lift up, to, to raise up on high, to elevate and to honor.

Hallelujah.

And with two of them being Abraham and Sarah, uh, bringing forth Isaac, one of the forefathers of Israel and along with, uh, Elkanah and Hannah birthing the mighty prophet Samuel, both being from barren wombs.

Samson is also, as I said, being birthed from adversity.

He is also birthed into adversity, being that he is born into a time where