Esther 9:22 KJV
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Sorrow to joy
Mourning into a good day
God is able to do above anything we could possible expect. I was thinking about Mordecai and Esther when the news came out that the Jews would be destroyed. Mordecai did what he could, he fasted and prayed and got in touch with Esther. Esther then did what she could; she asked her people to pray and she approached the king. But I wonder if either really thought the Lord would do what He did on their behalf. God not only destroyed their enemies but used the armies of Babylon to help them do it!
We sometimes face things that look unbelievably impossible. We do what we can do and we appeal to the Lord for the rest, but we often wonder if the Lord will do what we ask. Most of the time we must console ourselves in the fact that God will use even the bad things for good. Israel had to do that too, for seventy years of captivity and for nearly a year waiting to see the outcome of Haman's orders.
But praise the Lord that God has great things planned for His people. We may have sorrow now, we may have mourning today. But God will turn our sorrow to joy and our mourning into a good day.
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Sorrow to joy
Mourning into a good day
God is able to do above anything we could possible expect. I was thinking about Mordecai and Esther when the news came out that the Jews would be destroyed. Mordecai did what he could, he fasted and prayed and got in touch with Esther. Esther then did what she could; she asked her people to pray and she approached the king. But I wonder if either really thought the Lord would do what He did on their behalf. God not only destroyed their enemies but used the armies of Babylon to help them do it!
We sometimes face things that look unbelievably impossible. We do what we can do and we appeal to the Lord for the rest, but we often wonder if the Lord will do what we ask. Most of the time we must console ourselves in the fact that God will use even the bad things for good. Israel had to do that too, for seventy years of captivity and for nearly a year waiting to see the outcome of Haman's orders.
But praise the Lord that God has great things planned for His people. We may have sorrow now, we may have mourning today. But God will turn our sorrow to joy and our mourning into a good day.
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