1 Samuel 2-3

It took me about 15 minutes to read these two chapters. God spoke a word to Eli through an unnamed prophet. A message that he repeats through both the Hebrew and Greek scriptures; God honors those who honor him. We should not take this as a message of fear, but one of comfort. Our efforts, no matter how fruitless they appear to us, will be honored if we honor God. Eli was not honoring God, so God rejected him and his descendants. Though they would serve him they would not live full lives.
Stuart