What does 1 Samuel 1:1–20 reveal about who God the Father is? God is almighty. The Lord of hosts rules over heaven and earth. There is nothing he cannot do and no one is outside of his control.
God punishes sin. Covenant curses have come upon Israel in response to their sin. These curses were a form of discipline that was meant to draw people back to the Lord.
God hears the prayers of his people. He is not blind to the pain and problems that come with living in a fallen world. Though he has not promised to relieve all our troubles in this life, he has promised to strengthen us so that we can bear them.
God gives new life. The Lord can close and open a womb. Life is in his control.
1 There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.