撒上一11　　她〔哈拿〕许愿说，万军之耶和华啊，你若垂顾你婢女的苦情，…赐你的婢女一个男孩，我必将他终身献与耶和华，不用剃刀剃他的头。

　　15　　哈拿回答说，…我…在耶和华面前倾心吐意。

　　在堕落之以色列的混乱中，以利加拿和哈拿留在神为着祂永远定旨所命定的生命线上，…不是仅仅为着神永远的救恩，乃是为着神永远的定旨。神的救恩主要是为着我们的利益，而神的定旨乃是与完成神的愿望有关。我们必须问自己，我们在这里是为着自己的利益，还是为着神的定旨？…甚至大体的基督徒也没有顾到神的定旨。我能为倪弟兄作见证，他是一个完全为着神定旨的人。…在主的恢复里，我们是为着神的定旨，留在神…所命定的生命线上；这定旨就是要得着一个身体，就是三一神的生机体，使祂得着完满、团体的彰显。（撒母耳记生命读经，一三至一四页。）

　　1 Sam. 1:11 And she made a vow and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if You will indeed look upon the affliction of Your female servant and…give to Your female servant a male child, then I will give him to Jehovah for all the days of his life, and no razor will come upon his head.

　　15 And Hannah answered and said,…I have been pouring out my soul before Jehovah.

　　In the midst of the chaos of the degraded Israel, Elkanah and Hannah remained in the line of life ordained by God…not merely for God’s eternal salvation but for His eternal purpose. God’s salvation is mainly for our benefit, whereas God’s purpose is related to the fulfilling of God’s desire. We need to ask ourselves whether we are here for our profit or for God’s purpose…. Even the majority of Christians do not care for God’s purpose. I can testify of Brother Watchman Nee that he was a man altogether for God’s purpose. I would like to follow his pattern. In the Lord’s recovery, we are for God’s purpose, remaining in the line of life ordained by God…, which [purpose] is to gain the Body, the organism of the Triune God, that He may have a full expression in a corporate way. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, p. 10)

　　撒母耳记上开始于一个人，名叫以利加拿，他有两个妻子，哈拿和毗尼拿。（一1~2。）以利加拿比较喜爱哈拿。然而，哈拿没有孩子，而毗尼拿有儿女。这是出于主主宰的手。按照摩西的律法，以利加拿每年和他的家人上神的殿，就是那时在示罗的帐幕，好敬拜耶和华并向耶和华献祭。（3。）…神使哈拿不能生育，这迫使她有迫切、一再奉献的祷告。（10~12，15。）她祷告要求一个男孩，她不会为自己保留这个男孩，而会奉献与主，应付主的需要。哈拿祷告要求一个儿子，要他生来就作拿细耳人，绝对的为着主。主答应她的祷告，她就生了一个儿子。（20。）哈拿给她的儿子起名叫撒母耳，意思是“从神求得”，或“蒙神垂听”。我们求神时，祂听我们的恳求。

　　撒母耳从小就是拿细耳人，在神殿中作祭司服事。（24，二11，18。）撒母耳和以利在殿中时，神在异象中向撒母耳显现。（三4~14。）当时撒母耳还是个童子，就像主耶稣和父母同去耶路撒冷时一样。（路二42。）至终，撒母耳成了著名的申言者和以色列的士师。（撒上三20，七6。）然而，撒母耳成为祭司、申言者、和士师并不是神的目标；神乃是要设立国度连同君王。因此，神两次差遣撒母耳为人施膏。首先，他膏了扫罗治理以色列。（九16，十1。）之后，撒母耳膏了大卫作王。（十六1，13。）大卫是借着撒母耳带进来的。这段历史紧要的点，乃是需要神圣的三一。（李文集一九八三年第三册，三八○至三八一页。）

　　这对夫妇与神在地上的行动合作，为着成就神的经纶。…他们乃是被那位行动者，就是那独一、神圣、在幕后隐密行动的行动者所推动。在神主宰的对付之下，哈拿魂里受压，灵里有负担要在耶和华面前倾心吐意。这是神的行动。因着神在哈拿里面的运行，哈拿若不祷告要有一个儿子，就没有平安。神这位主宰者，继续感动并推动她，使她不得不祷告。…哈拿在祷告中乃是与神的行动合作。…你若这样祷告，我确信你会成为神所推动的人，祂要临到你并推动你。（撒母耳记生命读经，一四至一五页。）

　　参读：圣言中所启示的神圣三一，第六章。

　　First Samuel begins with a man named Elkanah who had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah (1:1-2). Elkanah loved Hannah more. However, Hannah had no children, while Peninnah had sons and daughters. This was the sovereign hand of the Lord. According to the Mosaic law, Elkanah went with his family every year to the house of God, the tabernacle, which was in Shiloh at that time, to worship and make offerings to Jehovah (v. 3)…. Because Jehovah had shut up Hannah’s womb, she was forced to pray a desperate, consecrated, and consecrating prayer (vv. 10-12, 15). She prayed for a male child, whom she would not keep for herself but would give to the Lord for His need. Her prayer was for a son who would be a Nazarite from birth, one who would be absolute for the Lord. The Lord answered her prayer, and a son was born (v. 20). Hannah named her son Samuel, which means “asked for of God,” or “heard of God.” When we ask of God, He will hear our request.

　　From his childhood Samuel was a Nazarite, serving as a priest in the house of God (v. 24; 2:11, 18). While Samuel was staying with Eli in the temple, God appeared in a vision to Samuel (3:4-14). Samuel was still a boy, just as the Lord Jesus was when He went to Jerusalem with His parents (Luke 2:42). Eventually, Samuel became a renowned prophet and the judge of Israel (1 Sam. 3:20; 7:6). However, for Samuel to be a priest, a prophet, and a judge was not God’s goal. God intended to set up a kingdom with a king. Therefore, God twice sent Samuel to anoint someone. First, he anointed Saul to be ruler over Israel (9:16; 10:1). Later, Samuel anointed David to be king (16:1, 13). David was brought in through Samuel. The crucial point in this history is that there was a need of the Divine Trinity. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 3, “The Divine Trinity as Revealed in the Holy Word,” pp. 291-292)

　　This couple was in cooperation with the move of God on earth for the accomplishment of God’s economy…. They were moved by the moving One, by the unique, divine Mover, who was moving secretly behind the scene. Under God’s sovereign dealing, Hannah was suppressed in her soul with a burden in her spirit to pour out before Jehovah. This was God’s move. Because of God’s moving in her, Hannah could not have peace until she prayed for a son. God, the sovereign One, kept moving her and motivating her so that she had to pray…. In her prayer Hannah cooperated with the move of God. If you do this, I have the full assurance that you will be the ones whom God will move. He will come to you and motivate you. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, pp. 10-11)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1983, vol. 3, “The Divine Trinity as Revealed in the Holy Word,” ch. 6