Political parading. Racial tension. Social unrest. Spiritual strife.
“How can we sense God with no sign of good? The outside world and our inside state seem so…upside down.” Can you identify? Have you ever echoed such exclamations and therefore needed wisdom to navigate them? Well it turns out that some of our modern-day dilemmas actually parallel Old Testament problems:
One peek into the book of Esther opens us to a world where nothing seems to be going right. For the people of God, directional arrows were trending down. However, this word reminds us that in down states there’s an upside…and it has to do with the behind-the-scenes, game-changing power of God that is seen in those who possess the tenacity to trust the Lord “in such a time as this.”
It’s Esther in August. Won’t you travel with us to discover that God is still a game-changer who redemptively turns things right side up in the world, but understand this: God does so in ways that feel upside down to us.