Esther...2/15

Another great Esther study by Beth Moore. I sat thru this study last Sunday evening and have been meaning to blog about it all week. I can't believe it's Friday again already. Anyhow...here are some of my notes from last Sunday.
This particular week was FANTASTIC for me and my husband. A big part of it was on waiting. Waiting on the Lord. Not on any one event. His time is Perfect....He is never late.

Providence is one of the most important concepts in the book of Esther.

Dr. Karen Jobes says,
"A cross scepter is held out for us. We have to touch it. We have to accept that. We have to put our faith in Him."

****side note....it's amazing to me how when I go to a Sunday or Monday night bible study somehow it ties in with Sunday morning's sermon. Last Sunday our Pastor spoke about the cost of salvation. That evening Beth Moore spoke about it at our study.*****

We cannot straddle the fence AND fulfill our God-given destiny. We must give up or let go of whatever it is that is holding us back from being a child of God. It's costly. We must give up the pegan things in order to wear the royal robes.
God will still do what He is going to do...we'll just miss it.

Women have the gift of influence. We are not powerless. God entrusts us with power and influence. There is a power that comes with wisdom and wait.
Job 34:2-4....Words sound right, but just don't taste right.

Our culture trains us in impatience. Wait is such an inconvenience in our society.

Acts 1:4-5
On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

~If we lose the ability to wait we will never see the fulfillment of our greatest purpose.

Sometimes God is saying "let's just see how far this goes". The higher our ego goes the farther it has to fall.

God says, "You can humble yourselves or I will humble you".

Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

There is nothing more exhausting than waiting. If we wait on Him, He will renew us. Ask Him to discipline us to wait on Him.
Our strength will be depleted if we're waiting on a thing, on an event. If we wait on God, we will be renewed in strength.

WAIT UPON THE LORD!!!!!!