Esther
There is no such thing as luck in the life of a believer.
Chance and circumstance are fully within God's providence.
The book of Esther shows that God can accomplish His purposes as easily using "circumstances" as He can by using grand miracles.
Although He works unseen to deliver His people, He remains in control.
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Vashti refused to come when the king called her/ Esther went to the king when she wasn't called.
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Vashti offended and humiliated her husband with her disobedience/Esther pleased and empowered her husband with her disobedience.
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Vashti's disobedience resulted in her banishment/ Esther's disobedience resulted in giving her more freedom and more power as a queen.
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Vashti's way of disobeying led to more restrictions and control over women in the empire/Esther's way of disobeying saved the lives of all the Jews in the empire and elevated their status in the eyes of the king.
God's control cannot be calculated.
God's solution cannot be anticipated.
God's plan cannot be hindered or prevented. No one has all the information.
God is in the business of miracles. Sometimes they are miracles of circumstance and they occur behind the scenes. ​
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
An unusual feature of this book is the complete absence of any reference to God, worship, prayer, or sacrifice. It appears that the author has deliberately refrained from mentioning God or any religious activity as a literary device to heighten the fact that it is God who controls and directs all the seemingly insignificant coincidences that make up the deliverance of the Jews. God's sovereign rule is assumed at every point. It becomes clear to the careful reader that Israel's Great King exercises his providential and sovereign control over all the circumstanses of his people.
Do you see God in all apects of your life?
