RPG Adults
DARKNESS TO GLADNESS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16
Esther 8:16-17
Acts 26:18
"To open their eyes,
and to turn them
from darkness to light..."
DARKNESS TO GLADNESS
Esther 8:16 tells us the Jews had four things: light, gladness, joy and honour. This was so in every single province and city that received the new edict and there were celebrations with a feast. Many of the people of the land chose to become Jews themselves. This was because the fear of the Jews came upon the inhabitants of the lands.
This was indeed a good day for the Jews. Darkness had turned to gladness and joy. They had light at the end of the tunnel of doom and gloom. Imagine just passing each day knowing that your neighbour may come over and kill you and your family when the time comes. It must be most oppressive to live under the shadow of impending slaughter without any apparent chance of delivery. What a helpless feeling it must be. But God will never allow the Jews to be destroyed because of His covenant. He will remain faithful even while chastising them for their disobedience. In fact, the threat to their lives, which God allowed, woke them up from their complacency in their rich and comfortable lives in the foreign land. God’s deliverance will never be appreciated with so much gladness until we have experienced the seriousness of things. Sometimes God allows persecution to rouse us back to Himself. And He may even allow troubles to drag for a period so that when He delivers, we will not take it for granted. It will teach us to be deeply grateful and remember it. It will drive us back to Him in humility and dependence upon Him. As a result of this amazing turn of events and God lifting up His people, it put fear in the hearts of many non-Jews. Who would dare to attack a people whom God protected? Perhaps some became Jews out of fear of being killed by them, while others truly wanted to belong to such a people. Only God knows the individual’s motives. There is a great impending judgment coming upon your soul if you die in your sins. Cry to God for salvation today and you will experience an even greater gladness.
THOUGHT: Am I truly a born again believer?
PRAYER: Lord, may I rejoice in knowing that I am delivered from the darkness of sin.
Posted in Adult RPG
Esther 8:16-17
Acts 26:18
"To open their eyes,
and to turn them
from darkness to light..."
DARKNESS TO GLADNESS
Esther 8:16 tells us the Jews had four things: light, gladness, joy and honour. This was so in every single province and city that received the new edict and there were celebrations with a feast. Many of the people of the land chose to become Jews themselves. This was because the fear of the Jews came upon the inhabitants of the lands.
This was indeed a good day for the Jews. Darkness had turned to gladness and joy. They had light at the end of the tunnel of doom and gloom. Imagine just passing each day knowing that your neighbour may come over and kill you and your family when the time comes. It must be most oppressive to live under the shadow of impending slaughter without any apparent chance of delivery. What a helpless feeling it must be. But God will never allow the Jews to be destroyed because of His covenant. He will remain faithful even while chastising them for their disobedience. In fact, the threat to their lives, which God allowed, woke them up from their complacency in their rich and comfortable lives in the foreign land. God’s deliverance will never be appreciated with so much gladness until we have experienced the seriousness of things. Sometimes God allows persecution to rouse us back to Himself. And He may even allow troubles to drag for a period so that when He delivers, we will not take it for granted. It will teach us to be deeply grateful and remember it. It will drive us back to Him in humility and dependence upon Him. As a result of this amazing turn of events and God lifting up His people, it put fear in the hearts of many non-Jews. Who would dare to attack a people whom God protected? Perhaps some became Jews out of fear of being killed by them, while others truly wanted to belong to such a people. Only God knows the individual’s motives. There is a great impending judgment coming upon your soul if you die in your sins. Cry to God for salvation today and you will experience an even greater gladness.
THOUGHT: Am I truly a born again believer?
PRAYER: Lord, may I rejoice in knowing that I am delivered from the darkness of sin.
Posted in Adult RPG