"The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, 'Samuel! Samuel!' Then Samuel said, 'Speak, for your servant is listening.'" -- 1 Samuel 2:10

I've seen few verses, if any, used more than this one when speaking of God's call for our life.  Samuel hears God calling to him, and thinks it's Eli.  After a couple of times of getting up and going to Eli to see what Eli was needing from him, he realizes it must be God speaking to him.  His response, "Speak Lord, for your servant is listening" is the response we should carry in our hearts and on our lips throughout our days.  While it was a response for Samuel, it can be either a response or prayer of supplication for us.  How attuned you will be if this is on your lips throughout the day.  How aligned your heart will be to living a life that seeks God first and doing his will!  Some struggle with what their calling in life is.  Scripture answers that for all of us:  "Love God with all your heart, mind, and soul, and love your neighbor as yourself."  In every moment that we live, we make a choice on how we will act in that moment.  Our calling is not some ethereal thing out there that we have to make manifest in our time here.  Rather, it is doing the right thing in every circumstance in which we find ourselves.  So may you pray each day and each moment, Samuel's prayer:  Speak Lord, for your servant is listening...

Readings: 1 Samuel 2:22-4:22; John 5:24-47; Psalm 106:1-12; Proverbs 14:30-31