Year Realization - Day 80: Rejoice, the Lord has rescued us!

“And Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, obliging them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same, year by year, as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.”

‭‭Esther‬ ‭9‬:‭20‬-‭22‬ ‭ESV‬‬

I could not have known when we began our journey into the “Year of Realization,” that this portion of our journey would be completed just before the day we celebrate our risen Savior.

As we had mentioned before, the Lord gave us the story of Esther as the paradigm we should consider in terms of the events of this year.

As we have carefully considered the story of Esther, we have seen certain truths being repeated. Here are five of those truths:

God is faithful.

Forces of evil want to destroy those faithful to the Lord.

God can cause the plotting of the enemy to boomerang.

The greatest moves of God happen in the face of adversity.

No matter what it looks like, the Lord and His faithful children are always victorious.

In our opening scripture we see Mordecai instituting a yearly feast honoring and celebrating what God has done for them in bringing them victory over the evil plot of Haman.

Indeed, on Good Friday we remember the sacrifice of the precious Lamb of God through Whom we have forgiveness of sin. Then, we rejoice on Resurrection Sunday that He was victorious over death, hell, and the grave. And in so doing, He has given us authority over the works of the enemy! We don’t have to be destroyed!

The story of Esther is a wonderful story of God‘s faithfulness to rescue His people who were facing destruction through an evil plot.

But, the story of the cross is the story of the greatest rescue mission of all rescue missions! We were grabbed from the jaws of destruction, connected to the Dynamo of God, and promised an eternity ruling and reigning with our Lord. Now that’s reason to celebrate!

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!

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