Esther - Turnaround (Daily Devotional)

Hello everyone, welcome. We have been taking time to glean insights from the book of Esther. We will read Esther chapter 8, verse 2, the scriptures say, ‘And the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.’ This is a picture of a very powerful turnaround. By this time in Esther chapter 8, we see how the king favored Esther and her people and not just that, Mordecai was now a person of influence and accepted and Haman was not. We know that Haman set up the gallows for Mordecai. This is also revealing to us that our God is a God of redemption. He is a God who can completely change the circumstance or situation that we are in. We have seen this in the lives of so many people in scripture. A wonderful example is David himself who was just a shepherd boy but God had a great purpose for him and we see him functioning as a king, his entire life was changed. Esther as well is a wonderful example where we see she was just an orphaned Jewish girl but God orchestrated circumstances in her life such that she became the queen and now Mordecai who was supposed to be killed is favored by the king. God has revealed His redemption in what He has done in the lives of these people. Another wonderful example for us is Ruth. We know that she was somebody who had lost everything and had no hope but God redeemed her. We have the picture of a kinsmen redeemer even in the life of Ruth. As we read about what God has done, we see that He is so powerful, mighty and there is nothing He cannot do. Even when we are going through circumstances where we feel that people maybe plotting against us and we are not regarded by others, as long as we are walking aligned to the truth of God’s word, being obedient to Him and walking in humility, we can be sure that this same God who brought a turnaround in the book of Esther will bring a turnaround in our lives. He will cause us to walk in His good plans because we are His workmanship. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are a redeemer, the powerful God and the only one who can deliver us. Even as we have seen your hand in the lives of people in the book of Esther, we pray that we will see your mighty hand in our lives that you may do things and work miracles in our lives, things that we have never imaged. Thank you that you are at work. We speak and declare this upon our lives, our families, the people in our church that you will turn things around and be their redeemer and deliverer. Thank you for doing this, in Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

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