Sweet deliverance

"Maybe God allows 'Hamans' to come along so we'll quit being so at home here" Beth Moore. So true! I am still amazed at all I am learning through the study of Esther. I knew God was planning on speaking to me and I am so glad I decided on this study. Today we looked at Esther 3:7-15. When the lots were cast to determine the timing to annihilate the Jews because of Hamans hatred towards them. Sadly, the Jews that were still in Persia during this time were there by choice. They had chosen 12 years earlier not to leave and return to Jerusalem under Cyrus' edict. They instead chose to stay where they had become accustomed, but God had not forgotten them. Through Haman's scheme, God brought them back to himself.

At first glance you do not see a lot of God in the book of Esther, but oh he is there. It just so happens that the month the lots were cast was the first month, the month of Nisan. Doesn't seem very important at first, but the day that the edict was written to be delivered to all the provinces was the 13th day of Nisan. Important? Yes! At twilight on the 14th day of Nisan begins Passover. So as the Jews were celebrating God's deliverance over the Egyptians, they were given the news of the oncoming threat. Bad news indeed, but hope comes forth! The God who delivered them from the Egyptians can surely deliver them again! Coincidence that the news would be delivered then? I think not. "God never takes his eyes off of us or off the clock ticking over us" Beth Moore. God is in control of everything, even the lots cast against us. "the lot is cast into the lap but it's every decision is from the LORD" Proverbs 16:33


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