The story of Esther reads like a
modern day movie where the villains’ plans backfire on them. The movie makers
must have learnt from the LORD, for He really arranged for Haman to be properly
exposed. When I read Esther chapter seven I just had to
laugh again at how clever the Lord worked things out to the benefit of the
righteous, who seek His face in times of trouble.
King Xerxes walked out of the room
just at the right moment to give Haman an opportunity to get into the position
the LORD needed him to be, in order to support Esther’s claim. He then walked
back into the room again just at the right moment. There is no such thing as coincidence
– just God-incidence. I believe many of the difficult modern day crimes that
were solved, many inconsistencies ‘accidently’ discovered, bright ideas that make
life easier and get the gospel out, such as television and the Internet, and so
on had the LORD and the angels under His command involved. “You are worthy, our
Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all
things, and by your will they were created and have their being,” (Revelation
4:11).
The question is what classifies as ‘all
things’. How about the bad things? Man is capable of horrible feats and we have
much evidence of it. We only have to look at weaponry, war vehicles and armoury,
certain perverted tools, and so on to wonder about my statement. How about
television and the Internet with its sexual; and in many ways insane and evil
programs and websites – how could that have been created by the LORD?
We have two factors here – man and
Satan. Man has received the ability to create, but that ability came from God
and is directed by the LORD as He wishes, sometimes without the awareness from
man as to His intentions. But man also has his own will and has therefore the
ability to pervert what the LORD intended to be beautiful. Satan has no ability
to create. There is the little joke that Satan tried to create a bird and ended
up with a fly and a mosquito. All he can do is kill, steal and destroy (John 10:10) and he instigates man to pervert
all the good things that God created. If you look at anything that is bad, you
will find it has a good origin or a good alternative purpose.
The Lord allowed Israel to be
carried off by the Babylonians to be a light to the foreign nations, a form of
evangelism to show off His power and glory though His people. Haman was
instigated by Satan to counter this ingenuous plan, but the LORD, though His
faithful people, exposed Haman.
“You are the salt of the earth. But
if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no
longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men,”
(Matthew 5:13). What does salt do? It makes a difference. To learn more about
this you may want to have a look at http://saltprayeroffensive.blogspot.co.uk/. In the same way that
Esther and Mordecai teamed up with the Lord to return the bad, which Satan attempted
to create, to the good that God originally created, we need to team up with the
LORD to do the same as Salt of the Earth (see mentioned article).
We really need to
change our religious ‘bless-me-Lord’ attitude into an attitude of being
available when the Lord needs a soldier to counter darkness, together with Him,
through prayer and obedience.
Thank you, Lord,
for showing me when you need me.
Thank you Lord that your Word went
out from your mouth, via your servant’s pen, and it will not return to you
empty, but will accomplish what you desire and achieve the purpose for which
you sent it.
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