(Fifth part)
Memory verse: (Exodus 4:1-2) Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’ So the LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”
God’s ways are not limited. He’s the almighty God. God is omnipotent. With Him nothing is impossible. He’s the Lord of Hosts. God is above all powers. All powers, principalities, demonic powers, bow before him. They are all under his authority. There’s nothing that is not subject to God’s ruling power and authority, in heaven, on earth and under the earth. He’s lord. God can use anything to bring to pass his plans. God turned Moses’ shepherd’s staff into a divine weapon that did great wonders in Egypt. Samson just picked up a stray jawbone of an ass and God used it as great sword that slew one thousand philistines in one fight. In this story of Esther, Mordecai and the Jews, God used people in great ways. Talk of Esther, Mordecai, and the king, Haman, Vashti etc, God was using all these key players in His plan. God moved their steps without them knowing. God controlled every decision they took. All things Haman did looks evil, but they were all God guided to fulfill his plan of liberating the Jews. The party the king made, and God controlled Vashti’s messes, so that Esther could come into the palace.
Judas Iscariot was a key player in the fulfillment of God’s redemption plan of mankind. What he did looks evil but that was God’s will. Joseph told his brothers who sold him into slavery In Egypt, that it was not them who sold him there but it was God who sent him there for saving his posterity (Gen 50:15-21). The scriptures crown this by saying, " All things work together for good for those who love the Lord and are called according to his purposes " (Rom8:28). God is already working out his plans to lift you up, to bless you, to bring you into the life he prepared for you, to victory etc. God is using people you don’t have any idea at all. God is using people you don’t see, people you may never meet in life, things you don’t think God can use. Bad or good people, God will use them to fulfill his plan for your life. Good or bad things, God will use them to make you kind of person He intends you to be. Friends or enemies God’s will use them to take you to the height were he created you to reach.
Tomorrow we will talk about ‘God’s timing’
