Dad's Ramblings -- Scarcity of God's Word

"Now the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation."
 
                                                         I Samuel 3:1
 
It is a sad day in a nation when the Word of the LORD is rare. Joshua, Moses's successor, was faithful to remind the nation of God's law. But after his death, the clergy (the priests) neglected the teaching of the Word of the LORD, and the succeeding generations gradually forgot God's Word. God gave judges to Israel, and Samuel was the last of the judges (I Samuel 7:15). But because there was no common knowledge of God's Word, the people did what was right in their own eyes (Judges 21:25). That is the state of America today. Americans uses to have a knowledge of the Bible, even if they were not Christians. The culture accepted the Bible as an authority and as a basis for laws. But in the last two generations, that knowledge has evaporated, and the culture no longer sees the Bible as an authority. It may be because the clergy has not preached God's Word. It may be a result of the Supreme Court ruling in the 1960s against having the Bible and prayer in the schools. Whatever the reason, the result is the same – everyone does what is right in their own eyes. It is indeed a sad day in a nation when the Word of the LORD is rare.
 
Today's Thought: When God's Word is rare, people live by their own ideas.
 
Have a "revelation" day. Love you.