Young Samuel found himself in a tough position. The Lord revealed to him that He was going to bring punishment upon the house of Eli for the iniquity of his sons, which Eli allowed to go unrestrained. The next morning, Eli asked Samuel what the Lord spoke to him. At his mentor’s bidding, “Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him” (1 Sam. 3:18).
If you 
were Eli and learned that the Lord was going punish your children, how would you respond? Would you cry out, “That’s not fair! Leave them alone!”? Would you exclaim, “What kind of God is this? I thought God was all about love and forgiveness! This is unacceptable!”?
Note carefully the wisdom of Eli’s response. “It is the Lord. Let Him do what seems good to Him” (3:18). Can we not have that same humility, that same trust, that same submission, that same wisdom? Rather than argue with the Lord, with His Word, with His commands or with His expectations, let us trust Him! “It is the Lord. Let Him do what seems good to Him!”