GOD WILL CERTAINLY SHOW UP

ESTHER 8: 1-8;17

Introduction

Ø Mordecai honoured, and returns to his position at the king’s gate

Ø Haman goes back in grief and speaks to the wife and his advisers

Ø His advisers said to him “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him- you will surely come to ruin

Ø While they were still talking to him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the second banquet

Ø God works suddenly but in his own time: there comes a time when God does not give your enemy time to plot again

Ø During the banquet Esther finally makes her petition and request to the king

Ø Haman ends up hanging on the gallows he erected for Mordecai

The same day things changed

Ø The king gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman

Ø Mordecai is promoted from being an official at the king’s gate to now come into the presence of the king

Ø The signet ring of the king which was reclaimed from Haman is now given to Mordecai

Ø Esther appoints Mordecai over Haman’s estate

Ø Haman is dead, but his letter, sealed with the signet ring still remains in force

Ø There is an invisible hand of God caught in the circumstances which are out of your control

Ø God allows certain things to happen in our lives, they follow the sequence of God which usually will not make sense

Esther again pleads with the king

Ø Let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces

Ø The king wrote a second decree for Esther and the Jews

Ø Whatever looks final, God can overrule, and God will reverse it in your favour

Ø Never forget that you are favoured by God himself

We learn five things

Ø 1.Their pain was about to be turned into joy

Ø 2.Their enemies were yet to see what their God was doing for them

Ø 3.You are where you are at this time and season for the purpose of God’s kingdom

Ø 4.Throughout your life, God is faithful and will always remain faithful

Ø Faithful even in your pain, rejection, confusion, loss….

Ø 5.Your position is for spiritual reason not for personal benefit

God will certainly show up

Ø Esther 8:17 READ

Ø God turned their weeping into joy

Ø God honours those who honour him, and blesses those who obey him

Ø The world will be in opposition to Christ, the believer and Biblical faith

Ø Remember God cannot be removed from your scene, but he can remove irrelevant things from your scene

Ø Jesus has come, the end is near, the one who is seeking our destruction will himself be destroyed

Ø Do not despair, remain faithful all will be set right

Ø Your faithfulness to God and your commitment to Holy Christian living will be rewarded

Ø Just as it happened to Esther and Mordecai, it will happen to you

Ø No one has a final say against you

Ø Threats against you will be there, but never live a threated life because Jesus has done for you all that you need

Ø Psalm 30: 3-5