The light we envision on that first Christmas night lit up the Judaean Hills for the Shepherds and 32 years later, enveloped the Lord Jesus before the amazed disciples. From scripture, we know that physical light surrounds and radiates from the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ.
However, the Bible also refers to a different form of light, spiritual light. To appreciate this light, consider the world into which the Christ-child was born. It was a world of darkness, spiritual darkness and one without hope. 

​700 years before, Isaiah prophesied the condition of hearts “we wait for light but behold obscurity, for brightness but we walk in darkness. We grope as if we had no eyes. We stumble at noonday as in the night: we are in desolate places as dead men.”

​Samuel entered Israel’s history at a chaotic period during which there was no king and “every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” The time of judges was drawing to an end and there was great need within the nation of Israel. God’s purposes were evident early on in the unique circumstances of Samuel’s birth. Later revelations of God’s design for this man, led this prophet to anoint kings and direct a nation. This series of messages follows his life through the first 16 chapters of I Samuel. We can learn through this account as we study God’s dealings with him and those over whom he is given influence.