A Big Turnaround

Posted on Nov 15, 2024 in Devotions |

Introduction: Do you need a big turnaround? Have things been going against you lately? Are you disappointed? Discouraged? Do you need a breakthrough? Queen Esther and the Jews were desperate for divine intervention.

But please pay attention to the steps that led up to the big turnaround. After the big party thrown by the king, and the beauty pageant that opened the door for Esther to be crowned Queen, came the backstabbing plot concocted by Haman, the villain. Trouble was brewing for the Jews! Because of his bitterness, Haman hated God’s people and set up a plan to exterminate them. Evidently, he did not realize that God will not forsake His people.

1. Queen Esther is courageous when faced by evil forces! (Esther 3:5–6) – “And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.”

There is no doubt that the providential hand of God prepared Esther. Her background proves that. She had no mother or father. Is our Lord overruling in your circumstances as well?

2. Queen Esther believed in the power of prayer and fasting! (Esther 4:16) – “Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law.”

A preacher once said, “We can do more than pray after we have prayed, but we cannot do more than pray until we have prayed!” Have you prayed according to the will of God?

3. Queen Esther was willing to die to her SELF! (Esther 4:11,16) – “And the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days… and if I perish, I perish.”

Dying to our own ambitions and desires is when we begin to get on the same page with God the Holy Spirit. Are you on the same page?

4. Queen Esther found favor with the King! (Esther 7:3–4) – “Then Esther the queen answered and said, ‘If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.'”

The key to the Christian life is to find FAVOR with King Jesus! (He is coming as the King of kings…) Are you finding FAVOR? If so, your turnaround is coming.

Conclusion: Esther experienced a big turnaround because she trusted in the God of the Bible. Will you believe that God can and will bring about a turnaround in His timing? Just as Esther’s faith was tested, so our faith will be tried and proven in the crucibles of life. Your turnaround is around the corner!

Love y’all,
Pastor Randy