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Esther 8, He is always there!

Est 8:1-2, On that day King Ahasuerus GAVE QUEEN ESTHER THE HOUSE OF HAMAN, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. SO THE KING TOOK OFF HIS SIGNET RING, WHICH HE HAD TAKEN FROM HAMAN, AND GAVE IT TO MORDECAI…

Haman was a rich man who lost everything including his life because he was determined to kill the people of GOD! EVEN THOUGH THE LORDS NAME IS NEVER MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK, EVEN THOUGH WE DON’T SEE HIM, HE IS ALWAYS NEAR US WORKING FOR OUR GOOD!

Psa 121:4, BEHOLD, HE WHO KEEPS ISRAEL SHALL NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP. 

The decree which Haman wrote is still hanging over every Jews head, but now they were giving the rights to defend themselves!

Isa 54:17, NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER, …

IN THIS WORLD WE WILL HAVE TROUBLES, AND WEAPONS WILL BE FORGED AGAINST US. WE MAY NOT SEE HIM NOR SENSE HIM, YET THE LORD IS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP THOSE WHO SEEK HIS FACE! HE IS FAITHFUL!

Ecc 12:13-14, LET US HEAR THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER: FEAR GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, FOR THIS IS MAN’S ALL. FOR GOD WILL BRING EVERY WORK INTO JUDGMENT, INCLUDING EVERY SECRET THING, WHETHER GOOD OR EVIL.

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Esther 6, Perfect Timing!

Est 6:1, That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

Not a coincidence that he couldn’t sleep, it was from the LORD! NOTE: THE LORD ALSO HAS A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE! ARE YOU ON IT?

Mal 3:16, …And the LORD listened and heard them; SO A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE was written before Him FOR THOSE WHO FEAR THE LORD AND WHO MEDITATE ON HIS NAME.

Est 6:2-3, AND IT WAS FOUND WRITTEN THAT MORDECAI had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. Then the king said, “WHAT HONOR OR DIGNITY HAS BEEN BESTOWED ON MORDECAI FOR THIS?” And the king’s servants who attended him said, “NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE FOR HIM.”

THIS IS THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD! THE KING IS NOW WANTING TO HONOR MORDECAI FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE KING!

Est 6:4, … Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace TO SUGGEST THAT THE KING HANG MORDECAI ON THE GALLOWS THAT HE HAD PREPARED FOR HIM. 

Pro 26:27, WHOEVER DIGS A PIT WILL FALL INTO IT, AND HE WHO ROLLS A STONE WILL HAVE IT ROLL BACK ON HIM. 

BOTH MORDECAI AND HAMAN WILL REAP WHAT THEY HAVE SOWN! ONE HONOR AND GLORY AND THE OTHER SHAME AND DEATH!

Est 6:6, So Haman came in, and the king asked him, “WHAT SHALL BE DONE FOR THE MAN WHOM THE KING DELIGHTS TO HONOR?” Now HAMAN THOUGHT IN HIS HEART, “WHOM WOULD THE KING DELIGHT TO HONOR MORE THAN ME?” 

Pro 18:12, BEFORE DESTRUCTION THE HEART OF A MAN IS HAUGHTY, AND BEFORE HONOR IS HUMILITY.

THE HEART OF MAN IS DESPERATELY WICKED AND HAMAN IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF IT! GOD WILL ONE DAY REVEAL ALL THE HIDDEN THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR HEARTS AND THEY SHALL BE BROUGHT TO THE LIGHT!

Ecc 12:14, For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil. 

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Esther 5, pride comes before the fall!

Est 5:1-2, Now it happened on the THIRD DAY that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, …SO IT WAS, WHEN THE KING SAW QUEEN ESTHER STANDING IN THE COURT, THAT SHE FOUND FAVOR IN HIS SIGHT, AND THE KING HELD OUT TO ESTHER THE GOLDEN SCEPTER THAT WAS IN HIS HAND….

It took great courage to go before the king knowing that she could have been killed for it!

Psa 56:3-4, WHENEVER I AM AFRAID, I WILL TRUST IN YOU. In God (I will praise His word), IN GOD I HAVE PUT MY TRUST; I WILL NOT FEAR. WHAT CAN FLESH DO TO ME?

Esther invited the king and Haman to a banquet, but it wasn’t the right time! THIS IS ALSO OF GOD! FOR THE LORD RESTRAINED HER; HE WAS STILL SETTING THINGS UP!

Est 5:9-10, SO HAMAN WENT OUT THAT DAY JOYFUL AND WITH A GLAD HEART; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and that he did not stand or tremble before him, HE WAS FILLED WITH INDIGNATION AGAINST MORDECAI. nevertheless Haman RESTRAINED himself and went home, …

Haman had riches, and was being honored by the king and queen of Persia, Yet his heart was filled with Anger because of just one man! THE RICHES AND HONOR OR THIS WORLD CAN’T SATISFY A MAN’S HEART, ONLY THE LORD CAN! THE HEART IS DESPERATELY WICKED WHO CAN KNOW IT! JER 17:9

Both Esther and Haman restrained themselves, The LORD has HIS timing! IN TIMES OF TROUBLE WE WANT THE LORD TO ACT QUICKLY ON OUR BEHALF, WE GROW ANXIOUS AND WORRY! HE IS NEVER LATE!

Mic 7:7, Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me. 

HAMAN BOASTED ABOUT HIS RICHES AND INFLUENCE TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, YET LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT THIS WAS HIS LAST NIGHT ON EARTH!

Pro 16:18, PRIDE GOES BEFORE DESTRUCTION, AND A HAUGHTY SPIRIT BEFORE A FALL.

Pro 18:12, Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility.

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Esther 4, for such a time as this!

Est 4:1, When Mordecai learned all that had happened, HE TORE HIS CLOTHES AND PUT ON SACKCLOTH AND ASHES … HE CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD AND BITTER CRY. 

Mordecai knew it was because of him that the decree to kill all the Jews went out in the first place! But once written it cannot be changed!

Est 1:19, … and let it be recorded in the laws of the PERSIANS AND THE MEDES, SO THAT IT WILL NOT BE ALTERED

We should always be in communion with the LORD thru prayer Especially in times of trouble! HE IS OUR FATHER WHO LOVES US AND IS WILLING TO HELP US IF WE ASK!

Est 4:11, “… know that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king, WHO HAS NOT BEEN CALLED, HE HAS BUT ONE LAW: PUT ALL TO DEATH, EXCEPT THE ONE TO WHOM THE KING HOLDS OUT THE GOLDEN SCEPTER, that he may live. …

WHAT HAS THE LORD CALLED YOU TO DO? ESTHER WAS NOW IN A POSITION TO HELP HER PEOPLE, YET SHE WAS PLACED THERE BY THE LIVING GOD FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS!

Psa 75:7, BUT GOD IS THE JUDGE: HE PUTS DOWN ONE, AND EXALTS ANOTHER. 

Est 4:14, FOR IF YOU REMAIN COMPLETELY SILENT AT THIS TIME, RELIEF AND DELIVERANCE WILL ARISE FOR THE JEWS FROM ANOTHER PLACE, but you and your father’s house will perish. YET WHO KNOWS WHETHER YOU HAVE COME TO THE KINGDOM FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS?” 

Mordecai trust was in the faithfulness of GOD, not in Esther. Man is easily pushed from side to side, BUT THE LORD IS OUR STEADFAST ROCK AND HIS PROMISES ARE FAITHFUL!

2Ti 2:13, IF WE ARE FAITHLESS, HE REMAINS FAITHFUL; HE CANNOT DENY HIMSELF. 

HE HAS A PLAN FOR EACH AND EVERYONE OF US, TRUST IN HIM! THERE IS A REASON HE HAS YOU WHERE YOUR AT NOW!

Jer 29:11, FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD YOU, SAYS THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE.

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Ezra 6, HIS guiding hand!

Ezr 6:1-2, THEN KING DARIUS ISSUED A DECREE, AND A SEARCH WAS MADE IN THE ARCHIVES, … A SCROLL WAS FOUND, AND IN IT A RECORD WAS WRITTEN THUS:

After a letter sent to king Darius from the governor who was trying to get the work of GOD stopped; Darius found the scroll of Cyrus!

Ezr 6:3, In the first year of King Cyrus, KING CYRUS ISSUED A DECREE CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF GOD AT JERUSALEM: “LET THE HOUSE BE REBUILT,

Darius could have found the scroll of Artaxerxes, where he told them to stop the work, BUT HE FOUND THE SCROLL OF CYRUS!

Rom 8:31, …IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? 

Ezr 6:6-7, Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai…, KEEP YOURSELVES FAR FROM THERE. LET THE WORK OF THIS HOUSE OF GOD ALONE; LET THE GOVERNOR OF THE JEWS AND THE ELDERS OF THE JEWS BUILD THIS HOUSE OF GOD ON ITS SITE.

GOD has the power to frustrate the work of evil men and to prosper the work done for HIM! HIS WORD WILL NOT COME BACK VOID!

Job 5:12-13, He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot carry out their plans. He catches the wise in their own craftiness, And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.

Ezr 6:11, Also I issue a decree that whoever alters this edict, let a timber be pulled from his house and erected, and let him be hanged on it; and let his house be made a refuse heap because of this.

Jer 1:19, They will fight against you, But they shall not prevail against you. FOR I AM WITH YOU,” SAYS THE LORD, “TO DELIVER YOU.

IT’S AMAZING WHAT GOD CAN DO EVEN WITH NON-BELIEVERS! THE WORK OF THE TEMPLE WAS FINALLY COMPLETED, BECAUSE THE LORD NEVER LEFT THEIR SIDE! HE IS ALWAYS THERE WORKING ON OUR BE-HALF!

Job 11:7-8, “Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

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2Chronicles 22, Train your children!

2Ch 22:2, AHAZIAH WAS FORTY-TWO YEARS OLD WHEN HE BECAME KING, AND HE REIGNED ONE YEAR IN JERUSALEM. HIS MOTHER’S NAME WAS ATHALIAH…

King Ahaziah was actually 22 years old when he became king! This is known as a scribble error! THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE THE PERFECT WORD OF GOD TO IMPERFECT PEOPLE!

2Ki 8:26, AHAZIAH WAS TWENTY-TWO YEARS OLD WHEN HE BECAME KING,

2Ch 22:3, HE ALSO WALKED IN THE WAYS OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB, FOR HIS MOTHER ADVISED HIM TO DO WICKEDLY.

Pro 22:6, TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO, AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT. 

REMEMBER WE TRAIN OUR CHILDREN BY OUR WORKS MORE THAN OUR WORDS, AND THEY WILL DO WHAT WE DO, NOT WHAT WE SAY TO DO!

This led to Ahaziah’s death by the hand of JEHU in verse 27.  LIVE BY THE SWORD, DIE BY THE SWORD!

2Ch 22:10, Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, SHE AROSE AND DESTROYED ALL THE ROYAL HEIRS OF THE HOUSE OF JUDAH. 

Athaliah was trying to kill off the lineage of David and with that the lineage of JESUS!

2Ch 22:11, BUT Jehoshabeath… took JOASH the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being murdered

BUT THE LORD SENT A COURAGEOUS LADY, SISTER OF AHAZIAH BY A DIFFERENT MOTHER, TO SAVE JOASH! THE LORD KEEPS HIS PROMISES AND HE CAN SAVE BY ONE PERSON OR BY MANY!

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2Kings 21, Be careful what you ask!

2Ki 21:2,6, And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel… ALSO HE MADE HIS SON PASS THROUGH THE FIRE, practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger

Manasseh reigned 55 evil years and shed much blood; the blood of the prophets! Many believe that they reference of Heb 11:37 was about Isaiah being sawn in two!

Heb 11:37, They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword…

2Ch 33:10, And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, But They Would Not Listen. 

2Ki 21:13, And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; I WILL WIPE JERUSALEM AS ONE WIPES A DISH, WIPING IT AND TURNING IT UPSIDE DOWN.

All this came because Hezekiah was given 15 years more in life! Hezekiah was a good king, but the LORD knows why it was his time!  Yet, as an example for us gave him 15 more years of life!  SOMETIMES WE JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT WERE ASKING, PLEASE LORD THIS, PLEASE LORD DO THAT, BUT HE DOESN’T!  HE KNOWS WHAT’S BEST FOR US AND IF WE GOT WHAT WE WANTED IT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE FOR OUR DESTRUCTION!

Jas 4:3, You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR! IT MAY BE GIVEN TO YOU!!

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2Kings 8, Now it happened!

2Ki 8:4-5, Then the king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “TELL ME, PLEASE, ALL THE GREAT THINGS ELISHA HAS DONE.” NOW IT HAPPENED, as he was telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, THAT THERE WAS THE WOMAN WHOSE SON HE HAD RESTORED TO LIFE, appealing to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, “MY LORD, O KING, THIS IS THE WOMAN, AND THIS IS HER SON WHOM ELISHA RESTORED TO LIFE.”

THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD! To many this is just a coincidence, sheer luck; yet truth be told this was GOD-ORDAINED TIMING!

Luk 6:6, NOW IT HAPPENED on another Sabbath, also, that He entered the synagogue and taught. AND A MAN WAS THERE WHOSE RIGHT HAND WAS WITHERED. 

Yet another coincidence? Lucky for this man to be at the synagogue where JESUS was about to teach! GOD-ORDAINED FOR THOSE WHO CAN SEE THE WORK OF GOD!

Isa 46:9-10, Remember the former things of old, FOR I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NO OTHER; I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE LIKE ME, DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, AND I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE,’

THIS IS HOW THE LORD WORKS IN THE LIFE OF A BELIEVER; A BUNCH OF GOD-ORDAINED COINCIDENCES! TO THE SKEPTIC GOOD LUCK, TO THE BELIEVER HIS PROVIDENCE! HE SHALL DO ALL THAT HE PLEASES TO DO!

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2Kings 4, He can provide!

2Ki 4:1, A certain woman … cried out to Elisha, saying, “YOUR SERVANT MY HUSBAND IS DEAD, AND YOU KNOW THAT YOUR SERVANT FEARED THE LORD. AND THE CREDITOR IS COMING TO TAKE MY TWO SONS TO BE HIS SLAVES.

Her husband owed a debt and it’s about to be paid by using her 2 sons as slaves until the debt is paid off!

2Ki 4:2, So Elisha said to her, …. Tell me, WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN THE HOUSE?” And she said, “YOUR MAIDSERVANT HAS NOTHING IN THE HOUSE BUT A JAR OF OIL.” 

The LORD can use anything to bless a family ANYTHING, even a jar of oil!

2Ki 4:7, …”Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.” 

THAT SMALL JAR FILLED MANY, MANY JARS AND SHE WAS ABLE TO PAY HER DEBT AND LIVE OFF THE REST! WE CAN’T LIMIT GOD IN ANYWAY; HE CAN EVEN FEED THOUSANDS WITH JUST 5 LOVES OF BREAD AND 2 FISHES!

Mat 14:18, … “BRING THEM HERE TO ME.” 

HE BROUGHT WATER OUT OF A ROCK, FEED A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE DAILY FOR 40 YEARS! NOTHING IS TO HARD FOR THE LORD IF WE BRING IT TO HIM! HE IS ABLE TO MULTIPLY WHAT WE HAVE!

Mat 17:27, … cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you.”  Psa 86:10, FOR YOU ARE GREAT, AND DO WONDROUS THINGS; YOU ALONE ARE GOD

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2Kings 3, He can provide!

2Ki 3:9-11, So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched on that roundabout route seven days; and THERE WAS NO WATER for the army, nor for the animals that followed them. And the king of Israel said, “ALAS! FOR THE LORD HAS CALLED THESE THREE KINGS TOGETHER TO DELIVER THEM INTO THE HAND OF MOAB. BUT JEHOSHAPHAT SAID, “IS THERE NO PROPHET OF THE LORD HERE, THAT WE MAY INQUIRE OF THE LORD BY HIM?”

These 3 kings went up to fight against a rebelling nation, Moab. Yet as they went, they found themselves in need of water! The evil king of Israel thought that the LORD set them up, but the other king, who followed in the way of the LORD wanted to inquire of the LORD!

2Ki 3:17-18, FOR THUS SAYS THE LORD: ‘YOU SHALL NOT SEE WIND, NOR SHALL YOU SEE RAIN; YET THAT VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED WITH WATER, … AND THIS IS A SIMPLE MATTER IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE TO THE LORD, HE CAN PROVIDE EVEN IF WE JUST CAN’T SEE HOW!

Mat 19:26, But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.”

Job 42:2, “I KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING, AND THAT NO PURPOSE OF YOURS CAN BE WITHHELD FROM YOU.

HAVING FAITH IN THE LORD IS NOT ABOUT SEEING GREAT SIGNS, BUT KNOWING THAT HE IS ABLE AND WILL PROVIDE HIS PEOPLE!

Zec 4:6, ‘NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT,’ SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS.