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The account in chapter one immediately moves to Hannah’s prayer. When God helps us in a situation there is a tendency to just breathe a sigh of relief, or to accept it gratefully and move on. Here Hannah adopts a different approach. She looks at what she can learn from the situation, based on her immediate circumstances, and then draws wider implications about who God is. It is interesting that a number of women in the Bible have sung songs or made prayers on the basis of what God has done. I think of Miriam, Deborah, Hannah and Mary.
First Hannah rejoices in the Lord. She does not rejoice merely because of the blessing she has received, but rejoices in the Lord.
“In the Lord my horn is lifted high”. Horn usually signifies strength in the Bible. Our strength is exalted in the Lord.
“My mouth boasts over my enemies”. There are those who at one time boasted over us, mocked or derided us, claiming victory. But in the Lord we will triumph over them.
“I delight in your deliverance”. We should all delight in the Lord’s deliverance of us from the dominion of darkness, from sin and death.
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