“‘No one is holy like the Lord, for there is none besides You, nor is there any rock like our God.’” (1 Samuel 2:2)

Our verse pulls us right down to our knees in Divine worship; it breathes the spirit of adoration and acclamation to the Lord. To Him she gave the glory.

• “No one is holy like the Lord.”

We may boast of our holiness, but we boast of it only when we are walking apart from His presence; when we come into the halo of His glory and holiness, we are sure to cry out, “Woe is me!” There is nothing that shows our own sins so much as the brightness of His holiness. God has said, “‘Be ye holy, for i am holy’” (Leviticus 11:44; 1 Peter 1:16). He was holy in His birth, even as it is written, “‘That Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God’” (Luke 1:35). He was holy in life; He knew no sin, did no sin, and in Him there was no sin.

• “There is none besides You.”

Oh, yes, there are many others besides God, but there is no other god besides Him, and none other like unto Him.

There is another truth: of all the gods worshiped by the heathen, there is none like unto our God. Their gods are not gods, for God is One and the only One.

• “Nor is there any rock like our God.”

This is Hannah’s third statement. A rock is a wonderful possession when the winds blow, and the rains fall, and the floods come. Our God is a Rock upon which we can build every hope and place every trust. When we were sinners we were building on the sands; but when we were saved, He took our feet up out of the miry clay and placed them on a Rock.

Guard your heart. Teach your children. Watch and pray.