God, His provision, and me

Okay, so I am done with Nehemiah and I have moved on to Ester!  :)  I was very excited to finally be at Ester in my venture through the Old Testament.  I have always loved the story of Ester growing up, but it's been a while since I read it.  Well, today I was reading chapter 2-3 and something really cool got me thinking.  So I am going to share it with y'all.  :)


`Ester 2:17
"The king loved Ester more than all the women, and she found favor and kindness with him more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti."


So, Ester becomes queen--end of story, right... wrong.  This is where you really start to see God at work in providing for the Jews.  He has molded Ester for this her whole life, she is chosen as queen so that God can work through her for His glory.  Cool, right?  Well, the thing that really stuck out to me is Haman doesn't even decide to strike out against the Jews until chapter 3 verse 6...


"...therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who where throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus."


God was already preparing a way of escape for His people back in chapter 2 (and really way before that).  Such a cool picture of how God knows all, before it happens, and He is protecting His people.  It made me think of those people that say that God is just a really good chess player and just counter acts with what humans do.  Well, this scripture clearly shows that God knows all before it happens.  He had already made His counter move before Haman even started playing the game.  Truly awesome to see our God at work--in the Bible and all around us.  How He is working perfectly to bring Him more glory.  :)  Such comfort, knowing that He knows exactly what is not only going on in our lives today, but already knows about tomorrow and has that all planned out as well.  He has every one of our days planned out perfectly, whether we have 20 or 20,000 left.  He is protecting us from the bad and giving us all that is good for us... whether it seems good or not.  Trust Him.  He's got in all under control.  He made you, He knows what is best for you, and He is protecting you from evil, before you even know there is evil sometimes.


~Praying that God is honored and worshiped more.