God Is Always Working Behind The Scenes

 Romans 15:4, “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”

In love the Old Testament book of Esther. Pastor Texe Marrs (1944-2019) heretically taught that the book of Esther is a fraud, not part of the canon of 66 books of the Bible. I couldn't disagree more. Texe Marrs said that it was a fake book because the Jews are the heroes at the end of the story, but may I remind everyone that hundreds of Jews died in the story because of wicked Haman and his evil plot.

Anyway, the point I wanted to make is that in the book of Esther the word “God” does not appear even once. As far as the Jews could see, God had abandoned them in Babylon (which is Bagdad, Iraq, today). They couldn't see their hands in front of their faces!

The lesson to be learned from Esther is that when you cannot see the omnipotent HAND of God at work, trust the great omnibenevolent HEART of God. We are allowed to see what they couldn't, which is God working behind the scenes. And you can rest assured dear reader, that the same God of Esther is working behind the scenes today in the lives of His redeemed saints (Romans 8:28). God is not an absent parent.

Romans 15:4, “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” God gave us the biographies of hundreds of saints (and heathens) throughout the Old Testament to show us where their faith (or lack thereof) led. We are given an amazing before, during and after privileged viewpoint of their lives to give us comfort and hope through the Scripture.

What a glorious blessing!