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GOD’S PROVIDENCE
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30
Esther 4:14
Psalm 135:6
"…Whatsoever the LORD
pleased, that did he..."
GOD’S PROVIDENCE
It is useful to review the book of Esther as we close off. One of the key phrases central to this book is: "who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" God’s Name was never once mentioned in this book. Mundane, domestic and political events were described. A boastful king’s unhappiness with a disobedient queen resulted in the search for a new queen. Then a naturally beautiful Jewish girl Esther stole the king’s heart at the empire-wide royal beauty pageant. Strings of "coincidences" then occurred. Her guardian Mordecai overheard and exposed the plot to assassinate the king. And just the night before the day Haman requested to hang Mordecai (who refused to bow to him), the king had insomnia. And of all the pages of the royal chronicles to be read to the sleepless king, it would be the one about Mordecai’s good deed. Haman ended up eating humble pie publicly because the king used him to reward Mordecai. When exposed for wanting to kill Esther’s people, Haman pleaded for mercy on her bed, and the king stormed in to witness him on his queen’s bed! The upset king commanded Haman to be hanged on the freshly prepared gallows Haman had built for Mordecai!
The Westminster Confession of Faith well describes 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." These were not coincidences. The unseen Hand of God was directing and governing even seemingly trivial and irrelevant actions of man and events. He works and anticipates perfectly because of His precise foreknowledge of all things. And He chooses what, how and when according to His own will. The outcome always fulfils His purposes and is to His glory.
THOUGHT: God’s Providence, though unnoticed, is always there.
PRAYER: Lord, teach me to remember that Thou art always actively working.
Posted in Adult RPG
Esther 4:14
Psalm 135:6
"…Whatsoever the LORD
pleased, that did he..."
GOD’S PROVIDENCE
It is useful to review the book of Esther as we close off. One of the key phrases central to this book is: "who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" God’s Name was never once mentioned in this book. Mundane, domestic and political events were described. A boastful king’s unhappiness with a disobedient queen resulted in the search for a new queen. Then a naturally beautiful Jewish girl Esther stole the king’s heart at the empire-wide royal beauty pageant. Strings of "coincidences" then occurred. Her guardian Mordecai overheard and exposed the plot to assassinate the king. And just the night before the day Haman requested to hang Mordecai (who refused to bow to him), the king had insomnia. And of all the pages of the royal chronicles to be read to the sleepless king, it would be the one about Mordecai’s good deed. Haman ended up eating humble pie publicly because the king used him to reward Mordecai. When exposed for wanting to kill Esther’s people, Haman pleaded for mercy on her bed, and the king stormed in to witness him on his queen’s bed! The upset king commanded Haman to be hanged on the freshly prepared gallows Haman had built for Mordecai!
The Westminster Confession of Faith well describes 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." These were not coincidences. The unseen Hand of God was directing and governing even seemingly trivial and irrelevant actions of man and events. He works and anticipates perfectly because of His precise foreknowledge of all things. And He chooses what, how and when according to His own will. The outcome always fulfils His purposes and is to His glory.
THOUGHT: God’s Providence, though unnoticed, is always there.
PRAYER: Lord, teach me to remember that Thou art always actively working.
Posted in Adult RPG