Sun.’s Devo - A Total Turn of Events

Read: Esther 8:1-10:3; 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:13; Psalm 37:1-11; Proverbs 21:23-24 Haman was impaled on the pole he had set up for Mordecai and Mordecai was promoted to Haman’s office. All the power that Haman had was transferred to Mordecai and his estate was given to Queen Esther. She put Mordecai in charge of it. *** Esther went before the king again begging with tears for the lives of her people. Xerxes told Mordecai to write whatever decree he wanted but what had been written couldn’t be changed. So Mordecai sent out a decree saying that on the days the Jews were to be annihilated they had the power to unite and defend themselves and take the property of their enemies. The Jews and their friends rejoiced everywhere and declared a holiday to celebrate. *** So, on the day appointed, both decrees went out. The enemies of the Jews attacked and the Jews attacked back. Five hundred enemies of the Jews were killed in Susa alone. Seventy-five thousand were killed throughout the land. The Jews refused to take their plunder, but celebrated. *** Esther asked that they be able to defend themselves the next day also and the king agreed. Mordecia declared that these two days would become a national holiday called Purim and celebrated every year as the days that God gave them victory over their enemies. *** In our time there are two resets being planned. One is by the World Economic Forum and one is by God. The WEF plans to take our wealth, health and freedom. God plans to set us free. He is going to transfer the wealth of the wicked and put it in the hands of the righteous. He is going to set us free from the unconstitutional laws like income tax and other oppressive laws. We are going to experience technology that has been hidden from us to restore our health and we are going to experience a freedom greater than any other time in history. Both resets will happen but our reset will over power theirs. It will be just like in the days of Esther. *** Yesterday we read about the different gifts but today Paul gives the first three offices. There is the office of the apostle, the prophet, and the teacher. Then there are ones who do miracles, those that have the gift of healing and the ones with the gift of helps. There are those who are administrative and those who speak in tongues. He explained that no one is meant to have all of them. They are distributed as God needs so that we work together and rely on one another. We should desire to have gifts that are most helpful in where we live. *** Most importantly, Paul tells us how to operate in the gifts we have. We do it in love. Love needs to be above everything. Love makes the difference between us and the world and keeps the church from becoming a dictatorship. *** Lord, thank you for what you are doing in the earth and how you are setting things in order. We trust your plan. You are going to reverse the plans of our enemies and exalt your plan on the earth. May we be ready to step in with the gifts you have given each of us to serve in your government. Today's Psalm tells us that soon the wicked will disappear. Though we look for them, they will be gone. The lowly will possess the land and live in peace and prosperity. Amen!