Now all these things happened unto them for
examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the
ages are come. – 1Co 10:11
The Bible book of Esther is unique
because it’s the only one that doesn’t mention “God” throughout its pages.
However, it’s impossible to read through Esther without seeing the hand
of God at work at every corner you turn.
Every bad news in Esther
turned out to be actually good news for God’s people.
*If Esther wasn’t an orphan, she wouldn’t have
been raised by Mordecai, a palace official!
*If Vashti, the Queen had not put the whole
womenfolk in peril by her rebuff of the King, there wouldn’t have been a
vacancy for Esther.
*If the King had not forgotten to reward
Mordecai’s loyalty, there wouldn’t have been anything for Mordecai to take
advantage of when he really needed the king’s favour.
*If Haman, the second-in-command of the empire
had not hated Mordecai, Mordecai would have remained a lowly palace slave all
his life.
*If Haman had not extended his hatred of
Mordecai to ALL Jews in the realm, the eventual victory would have just been a
family affair. But because all Jews were to be exterminated, all Jews were
exonerated and honoured, to the point of non-Jews PRETENDING to be Jews (Est 8:17).
*Indeed, if none of the calamities, sorrows
and near-death perils had befallen Mordecai, he wouldn’t have attained the
highest rank by any Jew in ancient history – higher than even Daniel ever was!
So, is this why Esther is a book of the
Bible? To tell us about the exploits of two Jews in a foreign land? NO!
Rom 15:4 says For whatever things were
written before were written for our learning, that we through
patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Yes, Beloved, Esther was written for
you to have hope. I pray, therefore, that Every ‘bad’ news in your life be
turned around for good in the name of Jesus. As you yield your pains and
disappointments to the Almighty this season, receive supernatural turnarounds
in Jesus’ name.
AMEN.
More Blessings await you today; you’ll not
miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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