December 16, 2013 – Esther 9:11 – F

What I take from Esther is a story about the trust in the timing of God.  God is orchestrating His will in His way and things that seem to have no effect or purpose will come to mean everything.  Esther is a great view of this.  Mordecai’s assisting the king, the king throwing out his wife for a reason not that important, Horam building the punishment for Mordecai and then advising the king of certain ways to heap reward on someone.  The one that struck me when it happened and still seems the biggest one is the king dismissing his wife.  In the grand scheme of things, this is what opened the door for Esther to be in the position she was.  A minor step early in the story but God knows what the plot is and what is going to happen and so orchestrates that small step to allow for the much bigger miracle later.  Even Horam picking a day far enough away for the plan to fall apart is God’s hand setting up the Jews to trust in Him.