Hello Dear Ones,
There is always hope, even in the most difficult of situations, if we know and follow the Most High God through His Son, Jesus Christ. I want to encourage everyone who may be experiencing a situation in their life that seems hopeless. There is nothing impossible for God; so we should give Him our hopeless or difficult situations and leave them in His hands. Walk daily with Him and devote all of our lives to Him and His will. Then we can be confident that God is working out His perfect will for each of us; in His perfect timing. So let’s love God, seek His will, and trust Him to provide for our needs each day.
We all know the saying that "for every cloud there is a silver lining." But as Christians, “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28 If you know God through Jesus Christ, you have been called according to His purpose. He asks each of us to give Him our hurts and our hopeless situations. Then in His perfect timing He will transform us into the person He created us to be, for His glory. The person He created each of us to be is going to be the person we desire to be, but we must walk in His guidance and love in order to find that person in us.
Esther who was raised by her Uncle Mordecai because she was an orphan, was of the tribe of Benjamin. They were living in Persia as well as many of the Jews who were exiled; but now they were free to return to Judah if they wished. Many stayed because God led them to remain in Persia for His purposes. King Xerxes was beginning his search for a Queen, so he had all the young women taken to his palace for a year of preparation before going before the King. Esther was one of the women. Even after having been taken from her family and the life she knew, she trusted God and walked in the grace He provided. She right away won the favor of all who knew her, including the head Eunuch Hegai who right way provided her the best room, food, and beauty treatments. After the year of preparation, Esther went before King Xerxes and he was more pleased with her than any of the other women. In a situation that began as alarming and difficult for Esther, God blessed her in a beautiful way by making her Queen of Persia.
We all have stories from our lives that show how God brought triumph through tragedy, and loss of hope to new hope. I myself have many stories I can recall that reflect this hope given by God. Just last October I was beginning to wonder if I should look for another job since I was feeling like I wasn’t going anywhere with my current job, and maybe I should be making more money than I am. I asked God if I should do this. He said, “No, I don’t want you changing jobs. This is not a time to be changing jobs with the economy the way it is.” So I forgot about all that and continued on. Well a week later we got notice that our company was going to be doing a shared service agreement with another TV station here in Tucson and that we would be moving into that TV station's building. Well it just so happens that the other TV station is very close to my home and shopping!! I trusted God with my job and security, and He blessed me with a wonderful situation. I know my God loves me and desires the best for me. I greatly desire to know His will and then do His will to the best of my ability.
Until we get to know God and His movements in our lives, we may never realize how He is working out His will for our lives. Like the ways that He causes things to happen for our benefit. He does this because He loves us dearly, and because He is positioning us in just the right place and circumstance for His purposes. He will also make it possible for us to be trained in the ways we need to grow, so we will be ready to serve Him at the right time we are needed. This sounds like my heavenly Father, who is sovereign, and works everything out for His good, and divine purposes.
“Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” Proverbs 19:21
“…for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.” Philippians 2:13
“O Lord Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in You.” Psalm 84:12
My prayer is that we all would seek God’s will, and then do His will in His strength, not ours.
We will continue reading Esther for two more weeks.
Blessings,
Patricia
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