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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: QUICK TURN AROUND

Have you ever heard someone say, just hold on you are on the brink of a miracle. Like things could change at any second. I was thinking about the story of Esther and a few others today. Most of the time they waited a long time for their breakthrough. Suddenly, it was the day that God saved his people, the enemy lost, but God’s people won.

Take the children of Israel, for example. One day they were slaves the next they were marching out of Egypt with great wealth and God had healed their bodies. The things the enemy used to hold them, no longer held them back. God used the salvation of Israel to destroy Egypt because of their worship of false gods and the way they had treated God’s people.

Look at Haman in the story of Esther. He was second in command next to the king. He was prideful. That pride became his downfall. He tricked the king into making a decree that the Jews would be killed on a certain day.  He thought that he would get rid of Mordecai, because he hated him. Mordecai refused to bow to Haman, it made him angry.

The story goes that Esther approached the king to save her people from being killed. Even though approaching the king without him asking for her could have meant her death. But when she boldly approached him, he asked for her petition. But instead of asking right there she asked him to come to a banquet and bring Haman.

Haman was feeling important at this point. Dinner with the king and queen. No one else had been invited. When the king asked her what she wanted she asked them to return to dinner the next night and she would ask him.

That night, Haman went home feeling pretty good about himself but couldn’t stop obsessing over Mordecai. His wife suggested he build a gallows for Mordecai. That is what he did all night. He built a fifty-five-cubit-high gallows. That is seventy-five feet in the air. He wanted the whole city to see Mordecai on the gallows.

The king couldn’t sleep that night, when he called for records to be read, he discovered that Mordecai had overheard a plot to kill the king. He discovered that Mordecai had not been rewarded for letting someone know about the plot. The king was pondering the next morning about how to reward him.

When Haman arrived at the palace, the king asked him what he should do to honor someone. Haman with all his pride, thought the king meant him. He thought up his best scenario. He said this person should be placed on the kings horse with the kings robe and crown and paraded through the street with someone yelling this is the man whom the king desires to honor. Deep down Haman wanted to be the king.

Wouldn’t you love to have seen the look on Haman’s face when the king told him to go and do that to Mordecai. Evil Haman had to go through the street yelling this is the man that the king desires to honor. I am sure his blood was boiling.

While Haman plotted evil, God planned good things for his people. That night was Esther’s second banquet. When the trap sprung and Haman was exposed for his evil. He hung on his gallows for the whole city to see. God saved his people, through the boldness of Esther.

Haman went from being at the queen’s banquet to losing out completely. Just as quickly things looked bad for the Jews and Esther went boldly before the king and God saved the Jews.

Anytime we face the enemy and things look bad, we are sitting in a good position for things to turn around quickly. We just have to be strong and hold on until God gets things in position to tear down the enemy while he elevates us.

Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Hold on my friends when things seem hard. Remember the stories in the word of God. There are many things that seemed hopeless, then God showed up. This is why we walk by faith and not by sight. Things look bad, but God will turn it around quickly. Once everything is in place. The old saying goes, it is always darkest before the dawn. So hold on, your miracle is on the way. God will never forsake his people.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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