Whatever the enemy sent for evil, God will use it for good.

The book of Esther, lets begin with a recap of the story. The king of Susa dethroned the queen, Vashti. The king set out a decree that all the young women in the kingdom must come to the royal throne, the woman the king found the most beautiful he would choose to be his new queen. Esther was raised by her uncle Mordecai, they were Jews. As Esther came before the king, the king loved Esther more than any other of the young women he had seen and he set the royal crown on her head and declared her queen. Haman declared all the king's officials must bow down to him, but Mordecai refused to bow down or show him respect. It was against his faith to bow to anyone other than God. So Haman set out a decree to kill all the Jews. Mordecai sent a letter to Esther informing her that she must talk to the king and fix this before they killed her people. She invited the king and Haman to a feast, the first night she couldn't ask them, she was scared, but the king said ask anything of me, my queen, and it will be given, even up to half of the kingdom, she asked for them to return the next night for a feast again. The next night the king told her the same thing ask anything of him and it would be given, even up to half of the kingdom. She finally spoke up and told him Haman's plans, the king then set out a new decree to hang Haman, instead of the Jews. See I know its hard to take a stand as a christian to people, but sometimes it's what God is calling us to do. Never let the devil even make you think for a second that God cannot turn your situation for good. Whatever you're going through today, you have even called for such a time as this. You can make a change if only you trust in God and believe in yourself. Be at peace today knowing God has all things under control. He will work it for your good. Verses today are, "If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews, will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for such a time as this." Esther 4:14 / "For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord."They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11

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