Blood or Water?

Then Samuel said, “Assemble all Israel at Mizpah, and I will intercede with the Lord for you.” 6 When they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.” Now Samuel was serving as leader[a] of Israel at Mizpah. When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid because of the Philistines. They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the Lord our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.” Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He cried out to the Lord on Israel’s behalf, and the Lord answered him.

                                                                              1 Samuel 7.5-9

There are moments in your life, where prayer and fasting won't resolve the problem. The only way out is to sacrifice. The people of Israel poured water before the Lord which represented their fasting, prayers, and confessions, yet when the problem came they became afraid and begged Samuel to help them. Samuel on the other hand, presented blood which was a sacrifice to the Lord. The verse shows that once the blood was poured, which is the sacrifice, the Lord answered him. 

How about you? What will you be presenting on the 15th?