Samuel has grown in stature and responsibilities as he ministers to the Lord in Shiloh. One very early morning, pre-dawn, he is sleeping in proximity to the wall that separates him from the Holy of Holies, where the Ark resides. He is ripped from sleep by a voice calling his name. He leaps up...3 times, and runs 3 times to Eli, who finally gets it that God is at work. Samuel rises to face the LORD, to receive a prophetic message, and to be ushered into a relationship with the God he did not know until that moment.
