Day 66: November 24, 2025 – I Samuel 1-5 and Psalm 8

We find ourselves at the end of the times of the Judges with Eli being the last judge that we read about. Eli was also the priest who was in charge of the ark of the covenant. The responsibilities which his family had were the responsibilities of the Levites. They were in charge of the worship of the people of Israel. But we see that the two sons of Eli, those who were going to be in charge of the worship of Israel, were evil and did terrible things to the people. God chose Samuel to take over as high priest. I don’t believe that he is given the role of judge, but maybe, we have to see in the next chapters. We see him growing up and how he came into this world. His mother made a promise to God that this son would be His if she could conceive and bear a son. She does and he does.

Psalm 8 is one of those songs that stays on your mind because of the song by Twila Paris that reminds us of the glory of the Lord. As I sit out and look at the sunrise this morning, with the redness of the sky, I can’t help but think: O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in the all the earth. This is seen in the ark of the covenant being so much more powerful than Dagon the idol that in the morning Dagon was forced to bow to the ark.