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HISTORICAL DRAMA OR DIVINE HAND?
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20
Esther 2:1-6
Proverbs 15:3
"God, in His ordinary providence,
makes use of means."
HISTORICAL DRAMA OR DIVINE HAND?
Revisiting the events thus far, they seem just like secular history: a king who wanted to show off his power, possessions, and glory, was only to be publicly humiliated by his queen. And the queen’s refusal to obey her king resulted in her being deposed with no hope of return. It led to the vacant position of a queen that had to be filled urgently to lift the lonely king’s spirit. This chain of events kicked off an empire-wide search for the replacement queen.
The drunkenness and hasty action of a king, the stubborn refusal of the queen, and the impossibility of the queen ever returning to the throne no matter how much the king missed and yearned for her — all these may seem like a saga that occured randomly in some king’s life at some point in Medo-Persian history, with no hint of any sacred significance at all. But this string of events would soon make apparent His Providential Hand as the drama unfolds further.
The Westminster Confession of Faith well defines providence as, "God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy." Because God is Omniscient, His foreknowledge is perfect and He never makes mistakes. From Baker’s dictionary, the word "providence" comes from the Latin providentia (Greek: pronoia) which means essentially foresight or making provision beforehand. God does not only see and know the future, He also governs and directs according to His own wishes for His own glory. God knew a man, Haman, would be up to something (even before Haman himself knew), and He was already making provision for delivering His own people from extermination as we shall see. The vacancy left by Vashti was a critical piece of the jigsaw.
THOUGHT: Nothing happens by chance and without purpose.
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help me to always trust Thee.
Posted in Adult RPG
Esther 2:1-6
Proverbs 15:3
"God, in His ordinary providence,
makes use of means."
HISTORICAL DRAMA OR DIVINE HAND?
Revisiting the events thus far, they seem just like secular history: a king who wanted to show off his power, possessions, and glory, was only to be publicly humiliated by his queen. And the queen’s refusal to obey her king resulted in her being deposed with no hope of return. It led to the vacant position of a queen that had to be filled urgently to lift the lonely king’s spirit. This chain of events kicked off an empire-wide search for the replacement queen.
The drunkenness and hasty action of a king, the stubborn refusal of the queen, and the impossibility of the queen ever returning to the throne no matter how much the king missed and yearned for her — all these may seem like a saga that occured randomly in some king’s life at some point in Medo-Persian history, with no hint of any sacred significance at all. But this string of events would soon make apparent His Providential Hand as the drama unfolds further.
The Westminster Confession of Faith well defines providence as, "God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy." Because God is Omniscient, His foreknowledge is perfect and He never makes mistakes. From Baker’s dictionary, the word "providence" comes from the Latin providentia (Greek: pronoia) which means essentially foresight or making provision beforehand. God does not only see and know the future, He also governs and directs according to His own wishes for His own glory. God knew a man, Haman, would be up to something (even before Haman himself knew), and He was already making provision for delivering His own people from extermination as we shall see. The vacancy left by Vashti was a critical piece of the jigsaw.
THOUGHT: Nothing happens by chance and without purpose.
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help me to always trust Thee.
Posted in Adult RPG