FAITH CAPSULE: God is not a failing God but a favorable God that cares for His creation.

Esther 2

Clock is in the hand of man but time and season are in the hand of God. Great effective door was opened in Joseph life. When it was time for Joseph to be promoted from Prime Slave to Prime Minister, no devil under heaven could stop him. Joseph’s brothers sold him to slavery in attempt to deny his dream; to deny his God ordained divine assignment on earth but they all failed. To be worrying will come with weight to bring down man and be concerned about the challenging way situation. In the journey of life, Joseph was an example one with many afflictions but God delivered him in it all. The psalm of David recorded, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.” (Psalm 34:19) Evidently, God’s hand of deliverance exists forever.
In challenging situation pain is not exempted. As a child of God, fear is not what we need but prayer. One can be rest assured of the word God as documented in Exodus 14:14, “The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.” Truly, all that we need to do is to let God fight battle while the enemies that are visible and non-visible will fail permanently. With God at His appointed time every challenging pain shall be converted to gain for man that only lo00ok up to God for His intervention.
Esther did not and could not have become queen but it happened at an appointed time of God during a season that was ordained by God. Esther came to the center of divine assignment when, “…Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite. Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been captured with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother.” (Esther 2:5-7) According to the timing of God, in God’s ordained season, Esther came into the country as a captive and became a captain among the queen of King Ahasuerus.
The way of man is not God’s way. In life, God’s way shall always prevail over the ways of man.  When God opened door for man at His appointed time, no devil under heaven shall be able to shut God’s opened door for man. 1 Corinthians 16:9 stated, “For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” It should be encouraging to be prayerful and not be discouraging from possessing in the great effective door that is before us. At the time of God, the great effective door opened for Esther to become the queen of King Ahasuerus. The great effective door was rooted in prayerful fasting of Esther. (Esther 4:13-16) God is a good God that does not look away from His creation that look up to Him for His divine intervention.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the hand of God upon your life to position you for His glory.