Read: Esther 4:1-7:10; 1 Corinthians 12:1-26; Psalm 36:1-12; Proverbs 21:21-22
I love the story of Esther; it is ridden with deep jewels to pick up. Esther is told of the wicked plot Haman has devised for the Jews and realizes that God is their only hope and that she has been put in the position she is in to cry out for them. She declared a fast for her and her people so she can hear from God on what to do. God obviously gives her the plan.
She invites the king and Haman to a feast but waits to tell him her reason and invites them both back tomorrow. Between the two feasts God works to expose the enemy and the friend to the king. The king reads that Mordecai saved his life and needs to be rewarded. He is the friend. Human erects his gallows to impale Mordecai. Human is the enemy. Now the setting is set and it is time to blow the whistle.
Everything changes on that next day. Mordecai changes his sack cloth to the king’s robe which was a picture of what was to come. Human has to humble himself and declare that the very man he despised and wanted to kill is now honored by the king and Haman is full of fear. The conditions are now ripe for Esther to come in an tie the bow on the present. She calls out Haman and the king goes mad with anger and has him killed. The source is gone, but the law still remains. We will read about that tomorrow.
Paul gave us a list of the spiritual gifts: wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, discernment of spirits, speaking in tongues, and interpretation of tongues. The body is designed so that our gifts complement each others. We need the gifts that others are operating in. We can have all the gifts but when we meet together we work as a body so the gifts are scattered throughout the congregation to show us how God wants us to function as one.
Lord, give us strategy to defeat the enemy in our lives and put on your robe of righteousness and walk in your suddenness.
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