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Esther 2

In the story of Esther, we see the providence of God at work. Esther found favor with everyone she encountered. The Bible recorded that Hadassah, that is Esther, had no father and was brought up by Mordecai who had been carried away from Jerusalem. It is written, “Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman was lovely and beautiful. When her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.” (Esther 2:7) Esther, despite the fact that her biological father and mother were not there, believed that the providence of God could not be denied to work for her. God is a creative God whose understanding is unsearchable. It is only God that is powerful enough to change the story of a prisoner to a prime minister. He alone changed the story of gate-man to a great man. The greatness and magnitude of His operation is unsearchable. There is no situation that is enough to reduce the hand of God from taking one to where He destined for one to be. Mordecai was destined to rise but rising was not written anywhere on him because he was a gate-man. It was at the gate, where there was no sign or evidence of rising up, that he disrupted a plot against King Ahasuerus. By virtue of Mordecai’s disruption of the plot against the king, he had his name written in the chronicles of the king. Mordecai eventually became the second in command to King Ahasuerus.
Queen Vashti’s disobedience to King Ahasuerus called for a search for a new queen. After the dethronement of Queen Vashti, door was made opened for Esther to be enthroned. It was recorded about Esther, “…And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all who saw her. So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.”(Esther 2:15-17) The point here is if God did not reduce one; one should never reduce self regardless of situation or position one is occupying. Mordecai and Esther had no god-father, but they had the providence of Father God at work as they found favor. Look up to the Father God and He will make a way at the least expected ground.

Prayer for today: Ask for the providence of God to go to work on your behalf in every area of life.