God's peace changes persons

1 Samuel 1:18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

What a history of Hanna. She was the wife of Elkanah, but she was not alone.Namely Elkanah had another wife, Peninnah. Peninnah did have children, but Hannah had still not given birth at Elkana. And that brought an uncomfortable situation with them. It was clear that getting children was so important for a  woman, that if that failed, the man could take another woman. And Peninnah did have children and she teased Hannah with it. Every day Hannah was facing her childlessness.

And Hanna always went deeper into despondency, in perhaps depression. She wanted so badly to have children with her husband, and yet could not. God had not given her children so far. Why God did that? That's not for us to explain. God draws His own plan with men and has a specific task for everyone. So God has a plan with Hannah and not just a plan, because it would change Hanna.

Because God comes to Hanna. When Hanna enters the tabernacle to pray and lay down her grief to God, first Eli comes to her. He first thinks she is drunk, because she is only moving her lips. But it is the intense grief of Hanna that she dough here before the Lord. And when she explains this to Eli, he understands her completely. And he speaks for God to Hannah: Go in peace, and He will give you the God of Israel what you have asked him. And we can of course suggest a child.

After these words, after the words of peace from God and His promise to answer her prayer, Hannah is not the same anymore. Her depressive behavior is no longer present, because she has God's peace and His promise. God does not look at the side how this plays out. No, He intervenes and Hanna first blesses with His peace. Wonderful what God can do in the life of a human, and when God involves we will change our lives. We will leave behind our old life and radiate Him in our surroundings.

Did you receive God's peace? Maybe you've never had. Then you may like Hannah to Him and pour out your heart before Him. All your problems you can tell Him. If your sins you shall lay before Him, and He will remove them. No, it does not mean that you will go through further carefree life, but you will be filled with His peace. And that makes you a different person.One who has been touched by God, then you are no longer as before.

Gods children receive His peace every day and are no longer as before. You can live out his love, saved by the blood of Christ. And people can see around us, like Hanna.We should reflect on our her, learn like her to be filled by God. You will conflict with your old life, but in that battle, God is on your side. He is the Living Water, the source of all good. Let Him fill you with His peace!