The Gift of a double blog!

So apparently two of us decided God had things he wanted to say to us through Esther. I was just getting ready to post this when I saw Kelly already posted. So I thought I'd share anyway...

Today we finish the book of Esther. The book is unique in that God is never mentioned. But He is far from absent in this story. God's sovereign rule is so evident. Can you see in all the little twist and turns God's sovereign hand? Can you see how what man would call a coincidence is the sovereign hand of God working out his plan? Can you see how he can speak to and work through and move in the hearts of people who don't believe in him? Indeed, he is God.

Because we see the entire story from beginning to end, God's work is evident. His plan is quickly revealed, his victory swift. For us as we read anyway. For Mordecai and Esther I'm certain it was quite different. They had only their faith and then small steps to lead them. They didn't know where all of this was going, what God would ultimately do, or really even if their lives would be spared. They only knew to do what God set before them each day and then to wait for him to reveal the next step. They could only trust when things seemed impossible that God was still leading them and that he could more in these seemingly hopeless circumstances.

So I wonder, can you see the little twists and turns in your life? Do you see them as God's sovereign hand. Can you see him showing you the next step and then trust him to work out the entire plan, even though you have no idea how the story will end? Do you trust him to be the God who serves up justice that is beyond what you could deliver yourself? My friends, so often we tell God that we trust him to work things out, but then we want him to tell us how and when he will work them out. We say that we will wait on him, but we tell him exactly how long we expect to wait.

I pray today that you would allow the truth of Mordecai and Esther's story settle in your heart. I pray that God's alive and active word would increase your faith this day. I pray that your eyes would be opened so that you would see all of the small - and large - ways that God is working out his sovereign plan in, through, and for you. I pray that that by the power of the Holy Spirit you would be willing to take up the shield of faith, look to God, and wait for him to move. You can trust him. Oh yes, he is SO trustworthy. Allow him to love you by trusting him for his best in your life. Your current circumstances have only earthly consequences. The loving work he is doing as he moves in them has eternal consequences. Allow him to have his way with you. Allow him to write his story of sovereign love in your life.

"I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." Psalm 27:13-14

Blessings sweet friends! -
Carol