Through the life of the priest Eli, we’ll come face-to-face with one of the most significant questions of all: How will the measure of my life impact future generations? Because, as we read in the Scriptures: None of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone (Romans 14:7). Or as some of our poets have said, No man is an island.
Read Eli’s story in 1 Samuel 2:12-36 and 3:11-14.
About this series: Measured Lives
We’ll be exploring the lives of some of the people written about in 1st and 2nd Samuel. By their lives these men and women offer us rich wisdom and guidance. Our time and place are different, but we share with them the same temptations and hardships, as well as the same Source for victory and joy. For this reason, the Bible tells us, “everything written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we may have hope” (Romans 15:4).