Who can overcome God?

Esther 9: 1-2

If Hollywood were doing a movie of Esther, how different the story would be from the Scriptures.  Esther would have had something going on with Haman, and Uncle Mordecai would have been part of Mossad to overthrow the king.  Nowhere would an unseen God be mentioned, or that He is the one moving the pieces and circumstances to rescue His people from eradication.  So let’s leave Hollywood to fiction and go with facts or truth.

Taking up the account in chapter nine verses 1-2, “The king’s command and law went into effect on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar. On the day when the Jews’ enemies had hoped to overpower them, just the opposite happened. The Jews overpowered those who hated them. In each of King Ahasuerus’s provinces, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who intended to harm them. Not a single person could withstand them; terror of them fell on every nationality.”

It is crucial to remember Mordecai is rebelling against the King’s directive not bowing to Haman and Haman does not have the authority to kill Mordecai, or he would have done so.  But God used Mordecai as He has used many of you to change the life of one or many people.  The Jewish had no hope it seemed, “But God,” and that was all they needed and all we need.  What does this statement do to your faith; “On the day when the Jews’ enemies had hoped to overpower them, just the opposite happened. The Jews overpowered those who hated them. In each of King Ahasuerus’s provinces, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who intended to harm them. Not a single person could withstand them; terror of them fell on every nationality.”

With God doing it all for me, who can overcome my God?  Maybe we need to be reminded of Romans 8:37, “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice