Esther 6-10

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Esther 6-10
God is a just God and sometimes, He allows the unjust to get a taste of his own medicine. Haman- who had arranged for ALL Jews; including the women, children, elderly; to be killed, destroyed and annihilated – got a taste of his. As Beth Moore says, the outcome of Haman’s plan is the superlative Old Testament illustration of Proverbs 26:26: “The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone – it will come back on him.”

The irony of Haman’s fate is so poetic - that he was executed due to the king’s jealous rage on the very gallows that Haman had built so that he could have Mordecai executed due to the same reason – jealousy.

What’s really great about this story is that God used a quiet, scared, humble, faithful young girl to execute this poetic justice. He didn’t transform her into a mighty warrior that would rally troops and lead her people to victory. He didn’t transform her into a charismatic leader that would convince her people to revolt. He didn’t transform her into a strong, demanding wife who would crush her husband into submission. He used her exactly the way he created her. She just quietly, with the utmost humility and sensibility, stepped out in faith and asked her husband to rescue her. Why? Because God created us as we are to use us as we are.

Today's post submitted by Kelly Coxe