God Saves His People

Esther 8-10; Psalm 37:1-11; Proverbs 21:23-24

 

The God who worked out the most intricate details of Mordecai’s and Esther’s lives is the same God who maneuvers the course of nations for His purposes. He never gets too focused on the details, forgetting the big picture. Nor does He ever think so hard about His big picture plan for the world that He misses even the most insignificant moment in the most insignificant person’s life. Both are fully in God’s hands—the big picture and the small.

 

God did not work everything out in Mordecai’s and Esther’s lives just so that they could have a cool experience with Him. His goal was not to entertain them, not even to make them say, “Wow,” in response to His deeds.

 

God did it for His people.

 

The Jews were still in exile. And they were vulnerable. Haman’s plan had not only taken aim at Mordecai, but at all Jews throughout the empire. And it was all the Jews throughout Xerxes’ empire that God was busy defending. Successfully.

 

God knows how to weave threads into a tapestry, personal lives into the life of His kingdom. We need to trust Him not only that He knows what He’s doing with us, but that He knows what He’s doing with everything.

 

Father, even if my personal life’s story ends up being a fairly drab thread in your overall kingdom tapestry, may I be content to know that I am a part of Your tapestry, Your people, the ones You’ve always planned to save. And since I know it’s Your plan to save all Your people, may I be able to more confidently and boldly trust You to use the thread of my life correctly—even if it doesn’t seem all that great or exciting to me.