In Esther 4:14, we read the account of a conversation being relayed back and forth between Esther and her stepfather Mordecai. Esther was confronted with having to make a “life-changing” decision. She knew that one choice could very well cost her her life. But she also knew that not making the right decision would not only eventually cost her her life, but also the lives of many thousands of her kinsmen. Although Esther knew that disobeying the “law” of the king could be a capital offense, she decided to follow Mordecai’s advice anyway. Mordecai simply reminded her that there is a sovereign God whose ultimate will shall be done when he stated to her, “and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Folks, there can be no doubt, if you believe God’s Word, that is written in the Scriptures in Revelation chapter 19, verse 6, that “Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.” As Ben Franklin stated in his speech on the occasion of our nation’s founding, “I have lived, sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men.”
It seems that these two very important truths have all but been forgotten over the last century. The so-called “new a ...
