have you ever read a paragraph that didn't seem to fit? one that just felt squeezed into the middle of a more important story?
esther 2:21-23 is like that - mordecai overhears a plot against the king - he tells the queen who no one knows is also his cousin - the plot is uncovered - the conspirators are executed - and the whole ordeal is recorded in the king's record - case closed - cool anecdote - but what does it have to do with the rest of the story?
some time later mordecai is at odds with a leader in the kingdom - a showdown is looming - and mordecai had an ace in the hole that he didn't even have to play
one night - one long night - the king couldn't sleep - so they read to him - yep - you guessed it - from the very place in the king's record that told of the foiled conspiracy - the day mordecai saved his life! the king starts the day wanting to do something awesome for mordecai - and it just happens to be the day of the showdown
coincidence? not with God - not in chapter 2 when mordecai overhears the plot - not on this night either - and not even in setting up the showdown
today - tomorrow - sometime soon - you are going to have the opportunity to do good - to bless someone - maybe a family member - maybe a coworker - or a friend at school - maybe even a stranger - and at that moment - maybe even the next day - it may seem to be unimportant - that it had no bearing on anything else in your life - but it may be the door God is providing for you to impact someone's life for eternity! it may be the unimportant opportunity that God uses to give you a huge opportunity somewhere down the road!
i am praying for you that God opens your eyes this week to the small opportunities to do good - the opportunities to set up a bigger opportunity tomorrow
esther 2:21-23 is like that - mordecai overhears a plot against the king - he tells the queen who no one knows is also his cousin - the plot is uncovered - the conspirators are executed - and the whole ordeal is recorded in the king's record - case closed - cool anecdote - but what does it have to do with the rest of the story?
some time later mordecai is at odds with a leader in the kingdom - a showdown is looming - and mordecai had an ace in the hole that he didn't even have to play
one night - one long night - the king couldn't sleep - so they read to him - yep - you guessed it - from the very place in the king's record that told of the foiled conspiracy - the day mordecai saved his life! the king starts the day wanting to do something awesome for mordecai - and it just happens to be the day of the showdown
coincidence? not with God - not in chapter 2 when mordecai overhears the plot - not on this night either - and not even in setting up the showdown
today - tomorrow - sometime soon - you are going to have the opportunity to do good - to bless someone - maybe a family member - maybe a coworker - or a friend at school - maybe even a stranger - and at that moment - maybe even the next day - it may seem to be unimportant - that it had no bearing on anything else in your life - but it may be the door God is providing for you to impact someone's life for eternity! it may be the unimportant opportunity that God uses to give you a huge opportunity somewhere down the road!
i am praying for you that God opens your eyes this week to the small opportunities to do good - the opportunities to set up a bigger opportunity tomorrow
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