Last Thursday was Purim, a Jewish holiday which commemorates
the Jews being saved from the evil plot of Haman in ancient Persia. Wednesday night during a time of worship God
began to speak about making a way where there seems to be no way as He did for
the Jewish people when Esther interceded for her people.
God will make a way where there seems to be no way. He has the solution ready before we even know
there is a problem.
When evil Haman persuaded King Ahasuerus to make the decree
against the Jewish people in an attempt to destroy them, God already had Esther
positioned in the king's palace. Once
the decree was made known, Mordecai made Esther aware of the situation.
She overcame her initial reluctance of possibly losing her life by going
before the king without being summoned.
Her life and the lives of her people were in danger if she did not
intercede. She had indeed come to the
kingdom for such a time as this. (Esther
4:14)
Once the problem was known to the king, there was now a need
for a solution. Evil Haman was hung on
the gallows he had built for Mordecai. And God gave great wisdom to Esther and
Mordecai. He gave them a plan by which the Jewish race could be saved.
Once a decree was made in Persia it could not be reversed. But God made a way for the Jewish people to
protect themselves and thus preserve the Jewish nation of people scattered
throughout the Persian empire.
Just as in this situation God knows in advance and makes
provision of a way through the difficulties even before we know there is a
problem. God sees in advance and makes a
way where there seems to be no way. He is the way maker. He is the Way. He is the Provider.
Pro=in advance
Vision= to see
Isaiah 43:18-19 Remember ye not the former things, neither
consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it
shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the
wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
