Lend to the Lord

I greet you in Jesus precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 3rd of November, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in 1 Samuel 1:28. This is Hannah speaking:

”Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the Lord.”

Then, of course, we go to John 3:16:

”For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

I looked up the Oxford Dictionary to find out the exact meaning of the word, ”lent.” It means, allow someone to use something on the understanding that they will return it. Now Hannah had been waiting for a baby for how long? Many years. She was mocked by the people in the community. She went up to the Temple. She cried before the Lord. Eventually the Lord heard her. He gave her the most beautiful baby. Yes, I’m talking about Samuel. Samuel is one of the few prophets who never faltered. He was steadfast from the day he was born until the day he went home to be Jesus. Hannah made an agreement. She said, “Lord, if You give me that child I will give him back to You.” Now the time came. I mean, can you imagine how this woman felt? She was suckling this baby on her breast.

I believe in those days it would have been maybe three years until he was weaned. And then she had to go up to the temple and then she gave him back to God, but what she said was that he shall be lent to the Lord all the days of his life. I want to say that God, our Heavenly Father, understood the heart of Hannah because He gave, not lent, His only begotten Son so that you and I could have eternal life.

There might be a mother, a younger mother, an older mother, a granny, who is now in a position that she has to lend her child to the world. They have completed their educational studies, they are going to university or they are going to take a trade or they are immigrating and you have got to lend your child back to God. Today, do it. I am going to pray for you:

Father,

I pray for strength, for courage, for that mother. Only she understands the pain of being able to say goodbye and trust her loved one into Your capable hands. Lord, give that mother, give that granny, give that single mother courage and strength to do it and to do it joyfully, knowing that You will watch over them.

In Jesus’ name, amen.

God bless you and have a wonderful day, goodbye.