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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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! Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 We're going to keep talking about the goodness of God.

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 this morning we're particularly going to talk about the story of Esther

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 and learn together some of what it looks like to live in exile.

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 In other words, how to live with God when God seems absent.

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 How to sustain hope when the promised land seems really far away.

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 How to live courageously when you're not the one in charge and those who are seem against you.

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 Last week we saw the prophet Daniel.

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 We saw his friends in a foreign kingdom of Babylon when God's people are first taken into exile.

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 This is now about a hundred years later. Yet another generation of exile still far from God's land.

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 Now we're into the early fifth century BC in the kingdom of Persia.

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 A new kingdom not set up according to God's laws. A new king who doesn't care about God's heart.

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 New threats to the very existence of God's people even in the moment that some of them are returning to Jerusalem.

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 How do you live in a world so unfriendly to your God and your priorities?

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 God's people then wrestled with that question and so do we.

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 I want to bring it a bit more into our story before we read part of Esther's story.

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 These are glimpses into the lives of Southwood members.

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 A college freshman who grew up in the church is sitting in world history class when the professor says,

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 Is there anyone in here who actually thinks the stories in the Bible's Old Testament really happened?

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 Out to build a new reputation around new friends.

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 Eager to start out on the right foot academically.

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 Not wanting to be singled out.

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 The student hesitates in the silence of the classroom.

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 Praying briefly.

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 But then he raises his hand.

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 A young couple sits in premarital counseling just weeks before their wedding day.

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 They're talking about finances and the importance of addressing this student loan debt that they have.

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 But they got really excited last week at a conference about a work God is doing overseas.

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 And they started talking about wanting to support it financially even though they have few resources and many needs.

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 They know it's going to put them behind many of their friends.

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 They wrestle with the down payment that they had planned to use this money on.

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 And then they pray and agree to give it away.

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 A long time employee has worked 15 years to move into middle management in her company.

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 She's responsible enough there now that she's been in some HR meetings recently where decisions are being made

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 that are going to hurt some of her fellow Christians in the office.

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 The decisions are unethical but probably legal.

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 After the last meeting she overheard her boss and some others laughing about how pretty soon there won't be any Bible thumpers around this office.

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 The safest way to keep her job and the paycheck that she desperately needs to support her kids is to stay quiet like usual.

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 She prays one more time and then knocks on her boss's door.

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 Esther is a young Jewish orphan adopted by her older cousin Mordecai.

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 They live in Susa.

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 It's the capital of the Persian Empire at the time.

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 And they wonder when they can get back to Jerusalem.

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 They wonder how long has it been since we heard anything from God.

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 And then through some remarkable events you can read about in the first chapters of Esther

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 that serve to highlight the decadence, the pride, the immorality of the Persian king and culture.

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 As well as through some, let's just say morally ambiguous decisions that Mordecai and Esther make that are just not the focus of the book.

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 Okay.

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 Esther becomes the new queen of Persia.

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 Married to a king, mind you, who is very unstable in his commitment to his wives, to say the least.

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 Very dishonorable in his treatment of women, period.

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 And a king who has no idea of her Jewish ethnicity or her God.

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 Confusing.

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 But a confusing and not particularly exciting situation gets worse.

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 The king's trusted advisor, Haman, convinces him to issue an edict that all the Jewish people be killed.

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 Mordecai alerts Esther to this dangerous development.

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 And he pleads with her to do something to rescue her people from the intended genocide that's coming against them.

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 And Esther sends a reply to him in chapter 4.

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 We're going to pick up the reading here at verse 11 as we read Esther's words in God's infallible word.

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 Esther 4 at verse 11.

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 All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called,

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 there is but one law to be put to death.

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 Except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live.

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 But as for me, Mordecai, listen, I've not been called to come into the king these 30 days.

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 They told Mordecai what Esther had said and Mordecai told them to reply to Esther.

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 Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews.

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 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place.

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 But you and your father's house will perish.

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 And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this.

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 Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai.

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 Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa and hold a fast on my behalf and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day.

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 I and my young women will also fast as you do.

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 Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law.

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 And if I perish, I perish.

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 Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.

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 If you've never heard the end of the story, it's actually quite enthralling.

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 There's lots of tension and irony and nuance to it.

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 But for sake of time this morning, the key developments are Esther does go to the king.

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 And he does extend the golden scepter and offer her whatever she wants.

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 And she is able to convince him to issue another edict, rescuing the people of God from destruction at the hands of the Persians.

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 Moving Mordecai into great prominence in the king's court in place of Haman.

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 Again, God rescues his people.

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 Yet again, it's story after story we've seen that.

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 And this time, the young orphan girl become queen of Persia, whether she likes it or not,

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 is at the center of God's amazing rescue.

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 Let's ask God to show us who he is in this and what he wants for us to learn today.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, it's a remarkable story.

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 You are indeed a remarkable God.

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 And so as we look to understand, would you show us yourself, show us who you are,

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 that those of us in whom you live may be faithful in our day.

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 That those of us struggling to see you in our day might see you afresh,

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 might know your love, might be able to trust you even when we're unsure.

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 Help us, we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 There are only two books in the whole Old Testament out of 39,

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 this is trivia, okay, where God is not mentioned at all.

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 One of them is the Song of Solomon.

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 It's an extended poem celebrating marital love.

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 Can you guess what the other one is?

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 That's right, Zephaniah.

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 Yeah, exactly.

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 So, no, of course, it's Esther, the one we're reading this morning.

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 It seems to be a really intentional choice by the narrator of Esther

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 to help us learn about God's silent sovereignty.

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 We talk about him being sovereign, in charge, but this is how he's in control,

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 how he's behind the wheel, how he's at work, even when we don't see him or hear him,

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 which for most of us is most of the time.

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 I mean, isn't that often the case for us?

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 Imagine, for just a minute if you can, try to imagine a season of life,

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 maybe a month or two, where you don't go to church at all,

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 where you don't attend your grace group or any Bible study,

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 where you don't even read the Bible on your own, okay?

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 Nothing explicitly spiritual that you're involved in.

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 I think if you imagine, most of us could go to work and watch the news

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 and socialize and have a great couple of months and go a long time,

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 perhaps even longer than a couple of months, without hearing about God.

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 Right? Without considering his role in our world or our life,

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 we are not living surrounded every day by the smells of sacrifices from the temple.

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 Right?

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 We're not living with Red Sea-like miracles in every moment.

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 Neither is Esther.

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 Where is God?

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 Have you asked that question?

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 Perhaps when tragedy struck?

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 Perhaps when faced with a difficult situation that you don't know how to handle?

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 Perhaps when everyone around you is living as though he doesn't exist

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 and you think, maybe I should just move on without him too.

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 Maybe that would be more effective, more efficient,

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 more helpful in my life if I just stopped thinking about him.

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 Where is God anyway?

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 Well, once again,

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 in a new situation,

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 yet another of these Old Testament stories we've been tracking through,

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 God is at work.

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 Generation after generation rescuing his people,

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 showing them that they can trust him,

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 reminding them and reminding us

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 how much he values our relationship with him.

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 So even when we can't see him or understand what God is doing,

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 he is always sovereign,

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 always in charge.

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 And among other things,

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 in Esther's story,

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 what's he doing?

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 He's always keeping his promises.

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 Notice verse 14

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 as Mordecai and Esther send these messages

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 back and forth to one another.

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 If you keep silent, Esther,

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 at this time,

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 relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews

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 from another place.

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 How does Mordecai know that?

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 Well, Mordecai remembers God's covenant promises.

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 We've seen them repeated through these stories, right?

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 Remember, God has said

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 he's going to make Israel into a great nation.

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 He will bring from them

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 the promised seed of the woman

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 who will crush the head of the serpent.

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 Even more recently,

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 that he will place a king forever

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 on David's throne.

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 Now, God's people have gone through

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 all sorts of terrible suffering.

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 Suffering that I suspect

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 they didn't expect,

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 that we reading these stories

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 may not have expected.

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 Most of them right now are being disciplined,

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 exiled, far from home.

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 Not where they imagined the promises leading.

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 This is not the way it was supposed to go.

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 But God is still faithful.

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 Mordecai understands relief and deliverance will come.

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 I don't know what it'll look like,

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 but this God always works

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 to bring his people out of disaster

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 into relationship with himself.

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 Whatever else seems to be going on,

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 you can count on it.

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 God is keeping his promises.

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 And specifically,

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 Mordecai trusts God is rescuing his people.

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 Mordecai here is really preaching the gospel to Esther

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 even before Jesus comes.

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 Rescue will arise from somewhere.

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 It doesn't mean it will go the way we expect.

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 It doesn't mean that it won't cost us.

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 It doesn't mean that it won't hurt.

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 Some may well perish.

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 But Mordecai believes this rescuing God

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 is present and at work.

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 Working all things,

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 Romans 8, 28,

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 we say all things together

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 for the good of those he has called.

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 Even when we can't see it,

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 even when we don't know what he's doing,

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 that's not required, is it?

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 For him to be working for good.

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 And this is actually the focus

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 of Esther's story.

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 It's not primarily a morality lesson

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 in the ways we sometimes think.

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 The author ignores a lot of those questions

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 that we think,

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 wow, hold on, what's going on?

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 Why is she not,

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 why is he not saying,

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 why are they not doing?

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 What Esther is trying to do

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 is give us another glimpse

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 of the rescuing God

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 who always fights for his beloved people.

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 Aren't we grateful for that?

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 Don't you need to know that?

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 Because one day,

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 God himself is going to invade,

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 to rescue us from certain death

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 at the hands of our greatest enemies,

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 and he is going to fight

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 to bring us safely home.

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 That's where this story's headed.

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 He's a God who rescues people like that.

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 One last thing you can always count

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 on God being up to,

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 positioning his people.

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 Notice the end of verse 14.

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 Who knows, Mordecai says,

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 who knows, Esther,

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 whether you have not come to the kingdom

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 for such a time as this.

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 Whether you have not come.

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 It's a passive verb that,

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 in other words,

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 could well be translated.

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 Who knows whether or not

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 you have been brought.

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 What?

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 Implication by God.

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 Brought by God

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 to this place in the kingdom

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 for this specific time.

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 Is it possible, Esther,

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 that God has put you

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 in this unique place

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 because he knows

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 what's best for you

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 and because he intends

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 to use you

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 for kingdom purposes

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 that are beyond

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 what you imagine?

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 Is it possible, Esther,

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 that you feel abandoned

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 and forgotten

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 but that in God's eyes

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 you are remembered

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 and significant?

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 Is it possible

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 that even when you're

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 in the heart

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 of a pagan government

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 surrounded by people

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 and values

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 that war against your God,

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 that God intends you

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 to see his strong arm

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 fight for you,

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 to deliver you,

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 to provide for you

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 so that you know him

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 and that you love him more?

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 Is it possible

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 that's what he's doing?

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 Maybe, just maybe,

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:42.519
 young, neglected,

00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:44.220
 orphan queen, Esther,

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:46.919
 is not so alone

00:17:46.919 --> 00:17:47.700
 as it appears

00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:49.819
 from her situation.

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 It's really hard

00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:53.539
 for her to see God

00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:55.720
 but Mordecai reminds her

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 that doesn't mean

00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.480
 that she should stop

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 trusting him to show up

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 or stop considering

00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:02.199
 where he has placed her

00:18:02.199 --> 00:18:04.519
 for his ultimate glory,

00:18:04.619 --> 00:18:06.599
 for her ultimate good.

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 I bet there are a bunch

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 of us here this morning

00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:12.939
 that God is reminding

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 that he's sovereign,

00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:17.639
 that he's at work

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 in your world,

00:18:18.879 --> 00:18:20.379
 in your life,

00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:22.159
 that he's really,

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 really good

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 at keeping promises.

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 He's been faithfully

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 keeping promises.

00:18:28.360 --> 00:18:29.500
 He's been faithfully

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 rescuing his people

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 for generations

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 and for millennia,

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 longer than you've been around.

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 So when you ask,

00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:41.259
 where is God?

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 What is going on?

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 Where are you, God?

00:18:45.360 --> 00:18:47.039
 In some way or other,

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:48.519
 that's what he's up to

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 for you, too.

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 If you can't figure it out

00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:53.620
 right now,

00:18:53.619 --> 00:18:56.339
 you can still trust him.

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 You can't trace his hand,

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 you can trust his heart,

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 right?

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 We've seen this

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 over and over.

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 God's people keep

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 learning that.

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 And then,

00:19:07.719 --> 00:19:09.079
 if you're willing

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 to lean into that

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 about him,

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 as you see who he is,

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 as you start trusting him

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 afresh,

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 then because you trust him,

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 look where you are.

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 And as you look again

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 at your situation,

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 assume that he has

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 not sinfully, of course,

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 but silently

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 and sovereignly

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 put you right there.

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 Now, that'll give you hope.

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 That will change

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 your perspective

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 on where you are

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 if God has put you

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 exactly there.

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 See, because of who God is,

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 because he's the hero,

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 because he is sovereign,

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 even when he's silent,

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 we can be different

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 where God has placed us.

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 We're not without resources

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 to know how to engage

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 where he has called us

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 in this world.

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 We can actually live

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 like Esther and Mordecai

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 do here

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:02.640
 with what is remarkably

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 bold faithfulness.

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 If you've not yet

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 stopped to think

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 long and hard

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 about what they do,

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 it's beyond

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 what most of us

00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:15.640
 have thought faithfulness

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 would look like

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 or potentially cost us.

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 because of who God

00:20:20.199 --> 00:20:21.399
 always is,

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 we see here

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:24.119
 that we, his people,

00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:26.000
 must always be

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 first expectant.

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 Who knows

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 whether you have not

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 come to the kingdom

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 for such a time

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 as this?

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:38.919
 That famous phrase, right?

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 You might not have even known

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.759
 that was from Esther,

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 but you've heard

00:20:41.419 --> 00:20:42.959
 for such a time

00:20:42.959 --> 00:20:44.099
 as this.

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:45.599
 God is always using

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 his people

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 in his time.

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 Just think about

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 who he's using

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:51.399
 at this particular time

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 in their history.

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 They're languishing

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.279
 in exile.

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 And some of them

00:20:58.159 --> 00:20:59.319
 start to return

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 to Jerusalem,

00:21:00.419 --> 00:21:01.419
 the new kings

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 allowing it.

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 And who does God

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:04.159
 raise up?

00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:05.799
 God raises up

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 Ezra,

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:09.299
 an old preacher

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 to give me some hope.

00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:13.519
 This preacher

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 is going to remind them

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 of his heart

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 and their calling.

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 God raises up

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.720
 Nehemiah,

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 a veteran city planner

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.579
 and builder

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 who humbly uses

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 leadership gifts

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 to rebuild

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 the wall of the city.

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 And he raises up

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 Esther,

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:35.160
 a young woman

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 in the palace

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 who uses her

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 political connections

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:40.660
 to work for justice,

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.259
 to the protection

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.759
 of God's people.

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 faithful.

00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:44.920
 You see,

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:46.259
 all of us

00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:47.140
 are needed.

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:48.119
 All of us

00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:48.700
 are called

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.779
 to be faithful

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:51.160
 wherever God

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 has placed us.

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.640
 Paul says

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.500
 in Ephesians

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 that God

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.740
 has prepared

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 good works

00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:58.879
 for all of us

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 to do

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 as we walk

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.339
 in the places,

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.579
 in the relationships

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:04.680
 that he has placed us

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:04.900
 in.

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:06.279
 There are works

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 for you

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:08.240
 and me

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.279
 to walk in.

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:11.119
 because God

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.680
 is always

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.240
 at work,

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:13.039
 young Esther

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:14.319
 should expect

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:15.160
 that God

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.839
 has her where

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.379
 she is

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.259
 for a reason.

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 That she will

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.519
 get to be a part

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.639
 of his work

00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:22.319
 in the world.

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.359
 I want to talk

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:25.000
 to young people

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:26.019
 for just a second.

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 I didn't bring you

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.119
 up on the stairs

00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:28.579
 because I'm going

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:29.399
 to cry when I try

00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:30.200
 to say this anyway

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.899
 so you might as well

00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:31.639
 be further away.

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:31.940
 It will feel

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.500
 less awkward

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.000
 for you.

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:36.420
 Young people,

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.819
 the world

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.599
 in which you live

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.640
 is increasingly

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.420
 hostile

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:41.839
 to the heart

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:43.200
 of your God

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:44.400
 and the things

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:45.019
 that you've

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:46.119
 grown up

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:47.599
 being taught

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.559
 even to God's

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.619
 people sometimes.

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.380
 You may be

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:51.980
 challenged

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:53.119
 at school

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:56.000
 maybe by friends

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:58.440
 even by a

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.200
 social media

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:00.019
 influencer

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.819
 who doesn't

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:02.000
 even know you

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.259
 will challenge

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.980
 you

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:05.599
 to compromise

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.960
 what you believe.

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:09.480
 To give up

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:11.000
 on following

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.640
 God

00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:12.559
 because it's

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.119
 just not

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:14.380
 worth it.

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.980
 To think

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.579
 perhaps

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.619
 that you

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.440
 can't do

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.259
 anything

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.500
 significant.

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.619
 Maybe you

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.380
 think like

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.680
 Esther

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.440
 can you imagine

00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:24.400
 being this

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.160
 young girl

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.759
 who becomes

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.359
 the queen

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:27.440
 and all of a

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:27.980
 sudden all this

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:29.019
 pressure being put

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.900
 on you to stand

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.839
 up for God

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:32.319
 and maybe you

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.859
 think you don't

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.480
 have any

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:35.359
 special skills

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.919
 any track record

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:38.359
 of success

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:40.099
 living for God

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:42.439
 and maybe you

00:23:42.439 --> 00:23:42.859
 think and I

00:23:42.859 --> 00:23:43.359
 remember feeling

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:43.839
 this way

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:45.299
 if God's going

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.939
 to do something

00:23:45.939 --> 00:23:46.779
 amazing he's

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.339
 going to use

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:48.399
 someone older

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.000
 than me.

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.179
 There's got to

00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:51.759
 be somebody

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.359
 smarter

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:54.059
 than me.

00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.159
 There's got to

00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:56.059
 be somebody

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:57.000
 who's more

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.779
 connected

00:23:57.779 --> 00:24:01.019
 more popular

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.539
 you know.

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:08.200
 But what if

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:09.200
 God put you

00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:10.700
 not me

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:12.119
 but you

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:13.159
 in your

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:13.819
 classroom

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:16.359
 on your

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:16.899
 team

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.819
 on your

00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.779
 dance squad

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:22.259
 in your

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.740
 friend group

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:25.180
 in your

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:26.319
 video game

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.099
 community

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:28.299
 what if he

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.220
 put you

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.599
 in that

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.299
 conversation

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:31.579
 specifically

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:34.160
 to be a

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.819
 light for him

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:36.619
 to tell the

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.259
 people around

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.859
 you what he's

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.759
 like to show

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:39.599
 his love to

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.779
 them even

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.119
 when they

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.500
 don't love

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.859
 you that

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.119
 way.

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.960
 God loves

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:46.119
 you so much

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:47.359
 that he will

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.200
 go with you

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.039
 and use you

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.980
 there for

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.680
 his kingdom

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.559
 purposes so

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.600
 be expectant

00:24:52.600 --> 00:24:53.039
 of that.

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.039
 If he wanted

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.940
 me to do it

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.600
 if he wanted

00:24:55.600 --> 00:24:56.319
 your parents

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.759
 to do it

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.299
 he would have

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.840
 put them

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.200
 there.

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.400
 But I don't

00:24:59.400 --> 00:24:59.980
 get to go to

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.480
 third grade

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.880
 anymore.

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.100
 You do.

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.299
 I know you're

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.799
 thankful for

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.019
 that.

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.160
 You get to

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:06.819
 go right where

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.720
 God's put you

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.920
 and watch him

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.880
 work and he's

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.299
 doing it in

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.840
 your life

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.779
 right now.

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.620
 Look for

00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:13.019
 that.

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.559
 Look for him

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.100
 to show up

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:15.480
 with you.

00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.200
 Let me tell

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.539
 you something

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.559
 there is nothing

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.399
 more exciting

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.000
 in all your

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.779
 lives than

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.299
 to be a

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.879
 part of

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:22.619
 God rescuing

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.639
 and restoring

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:24.779
 people to

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.819
 relationship with

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.039
 him.

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:27.220
 The special

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:28.139
 relationship that

00:25:28.139 --> 00:25:28.960
 he made them

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:30.159
 for and helping

00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.819
 them know that

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.379
 and feel that

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:31.740
 from you.

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:32.899
 There's nothing

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.399
 better that

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:33.879
 you'll ever be

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.440
 a part of.

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:40.559
 So when Esther

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.419
 expects God to

00:25:41.419 --> 00:25:42.480
 use her, when we

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.399
 all get a glimpse

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.879
 that he's going to

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.779
 use us, we just

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.500
 go for it,

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.700
 right?

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.960
 We stubbornly

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.840
 just put our

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.420
 head down and

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.100
 plow ahead,

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.340
 right?

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.500
 No.

00:25:52.340 --> 00:25:53.259
 No, this is for

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.220
 all of us, young

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.840
 and old.

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.120
 She remains

00:25:56.120 --> 00:25:57.080
 intentionally

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:59.160
 dependent upon

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.620
 him.

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.400
 Look at verse

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.860
 16.

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.319
 Go gather all

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.980
 the Jews to be

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.779
 found in Susa

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:09.120
 and hold a

00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:10.840
 fast on my

00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.400
 behalf.

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.180
 Do not eat or

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.840
 drink for three

00:26:13.840 --> 00:26:15.360
 days, night or

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.539
 day.

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:16.199
 I and my young

00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:16.959
 women will also

00:26:16.959 --> 00:26:17.719
 fast as you

00:26:17.719 --> 00:26:17.979
 do.

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.919
 It's not a

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:20.279
 rush.

00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:21.699
 I don't have to

00:26:21.699 --> 00:26:22.279
 feel the pressure

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.899
 and the urgency,

00:26:23.459 --> 00:26:23.939
 but I'm going to

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:25.299
 hold a fast and I

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.119
 need everybody to

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:27.439
 be fasting with

00:26:27.439 --> 00:26:27.599
 me.

00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:28.299
 That would have

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.119
 meant a time of

00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.039
 refraining from

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:31.579
 eating in order

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:35.159
 to pray, in order

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:36.379
 to cry out to

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:37.679
 God, along with

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:38.519
 others of God's

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.599
 people, in order

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:40.619
 to remember that

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.939
 her hope was not

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:43.779
 in herself, but in

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.559
 her God.

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.259
 Man, we need

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.119
 help remembering

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.460
 that.

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:49.059
 So often we rush

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:50.740
 quickly into doing

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:52.000
 what we can in our

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.720
 own strength, with

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.480
 our own strategies.

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.259
 We want to be the

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.059
 one who does things

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:56.240
 for God, but the

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.639
 fact that God is at

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:58.740
 work for us, it

00:26:58.740 --> 00:27:00.539
 frees us from the

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.200
 pressure of

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.920
 performance to

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:04.539
 dependence on the

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.059
 divine.

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.420
 He's there.

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:08.059
 We can trust him.

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:10.899
 It's a bold move,

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:11.960
 isn't it?

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.900
 What might happen

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.500
 in those three

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:13.900
 days?

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.920
 Maybe they start

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.579
 carrying out the

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.440
 edict faster than

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.019
 anticipated.

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:17.900
 No.

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:19.880
 It's a move

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:21.279
 requiring faith to

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.180
 believe that a

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:24.539
 plea to God would

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.660
 make any difference

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:27.279
 in her plea to a

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.019
 king who doesn't

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.840
 care about this

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.200
 God.

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.460
 How big must this

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.160
 God be?

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.880
 That talking to

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.500
 him is going to

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.279
 help her talk to

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.880
 someone who doesn't

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.500
 even believe he

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.100
 exists.

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.259
 Christ.

00:27:38.939 --> 00:27:39.859
 I was with a

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.459
 group of pastors

00:27:40.459 --> 00:27:42.219
 this week, and we

00:27:42.219 --> 00:27:42.919
 needed to spend

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:43.819
 time together

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:45.079
 praying that we

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:46.240
 would be dependent.

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.699
 We needed to do

00:27:47.699 --> 00:27:48.539
 that repeatedly

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:50.439
 before and while we

00:27:50.439 --> 00:27:51.259
 were being

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.879
 strategic.

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.659
 Are you like me,

00:27:55.959 --> 00:27:57.599
 like us, sometimes

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:59.299
 a little slow to

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.980
 slow down?

00:28:01.459 --> 00:28:03.359
 A bit too eager to

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:05.679
 assume that courage

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:07.539
 or boldness means

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:09.060
 self-reliance?

00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:12.019
 Not with the

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.480
 sovereign God at

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:15.060
 work on your

00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:15.700
 behalf.

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.519
 It's not all up to

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:17.700
 you.

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:19.060
 He puts you there

00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:20.200
 in that position.

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.340
 He knows what he's

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:21.700
 doing.

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:23.620
 You can trust him to

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.720
 empower you there

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:25.740
 too if he's put you

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.000
 there.

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.660
 Finally, the hardest

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:30.380
 part of all this

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:31.580
 bold faithfulness to

00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:32.460
 which we're called, I

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.420
 think you've seen

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.000
 this coming.

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:35.200
 At the end of the

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.660
 verse, what is

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.120
 she say?

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:40.940
 And if I perish, I

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.420
 perish.

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.420
 Sound familiar?

00:28:45.320 --> 00:28:46.180
 Sound like the

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:47.519
 exiles from a

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:49.200
 hundred years ago

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.640
 facing the king's

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.660
 fiery furnace?

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:54.540
 Our God is able to

00:28:54.540 --> 00:28:56.019
 deliver us, O king,

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:58.420
 but if he doesn't,

00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:02.040
 if we perish, we

00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:02.560
 perish.

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.380
 He's still faithful.

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:09.800
 There is a self-forgetfulness

00:29:09.800 --> 00:29:11.900
 that I can't even

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:13.680
 imagine having

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:15.040
 unless you are

00:29:15.040 --> 00:29:17.100
 deeply certain

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:18.700
 that God is keeping

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.700
 his promises

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:21.340
 and rescuing you

00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:22.660
 no matter what happens

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.680
 to you here and now.

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:27.440
 The question of self-forgetfulness

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:29.080
 may not always be a

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:30.060
 life-and-death

00:29:30.060 --> 00:29:31.480
 decision,

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:33.940
 but it's still a

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.360
 tough one.

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:37.059
 Are you willing to

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:38.400
 use where God has

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.400
 put you for

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.720
 his kingdom and

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:42.039
 people rather than

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:43.700
 just for yourself?

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:46.440
 To be more specific,

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.940
 are you willing to

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:49.019
 say your job,

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.240
 your family,

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.620
 your home,

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.539
 your time,

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.700
 your connections,

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.740
 your gifts

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.759
 are at

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.880
 his disposal

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.960
 to do with what

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:59.340
 he wants to

00:29:59.340 --> 00:30:00.160
 for the sake of

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:01.020
 his kingdom

00:30:01.020 --> 00:30:02.180
 even if it

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:03.140
 costs you?

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:08.220
 I don't want to

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.540
 lose my job,

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.140
 my friend,

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.720
 my money.

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:15.640
 Where did it all

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:16.460
 come from,

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.360
 y'all?

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:19.500
 He gave you

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.380
 the job.

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.080
 He gave you

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:22.880
 the talents

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.900
 to get in the

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.320
 position,

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.720
 the relationships

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.799
 to be included,

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:28.159
 the resources

00:30:28.159 --> 00:30:29.240
 to be where

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.679
 you are.

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.419
 So Esther

00:30:30.419 --> 00:30:31.220
 realizes because

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.099
 of that truth,

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.939
 because this is

00:30:32.939 --> 00:30:33.500
 all from him,

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.439
 she can hold it

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:35.339
 all in an open

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.659
 hand,

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.339
 even what?

00:30:36.679 --> 00:30:37.519
 Even her

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:39.220
 very life.

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.139
 It's a gift

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.899
 from him.

00:30:41.439 --> 00:30:42.200
 She's not in

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.879
 charge of it.

00:30:42.939 --> 00:30:43.779
 She can trust

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.379
 him with that.

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.679
 If I perish,

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.419
 I perish.

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.379
 He's still

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.279
 worthy of

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.319
 my trust.

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.759
 He's given

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.319
 me this gift

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.759
 to use it

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.639
 for his glory

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.279
 according to

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.879
 his will.

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.700
 With open

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.180
 hands as I

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.700
 receive his

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:56.899
 gifts,

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.940
 I can instead

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.519
 of clinging

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.279
 to the things,

00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.899
 I can cling

00:30:59.899 --> 00:31:00.500
 to him,

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.359
 the one who's

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:01.799
 faithful,

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.200
 and say,

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.639
 do whatever

00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:03.000
 you will

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.460
 with me.

00:31:04.639 --> 00:31:05.779
 That's bold

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:07.299
 faithfulness.

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.940
 It is life

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.819
 saving,

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.319
 world

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.240
 changing,

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.099
 eternity

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:14.099
 impacting

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:15.519
 faithfulness.

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:17.019
 Human actions

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.059
 here by Esther

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:19.059
 and Mordecai

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.859
 that God

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:20.579
 commends

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.960
 right alongside

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:23.819
 divine

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:25.039
 sovereignty.

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.720
 He's clearly

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.240
 at work.

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.399
 He's clearly

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:29.139
 in control.

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.399
 And Esther

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:32.240
 lives

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:34.500
 and acts.

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.460
 And God

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.199
 uses her

00:31:36.199 --> 00:31:37.259
 powerfully

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.259
 right where

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.039
 he placed her

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.659
 to rescue

00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:40.599
 thousands of

00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.019
 his people.

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.839
 It doesn't

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.359
 always work

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.460
 out like

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.099
 that in the

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:47.579
 short term.

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:50.099
 God doesn't

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.599
 promise,

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.000
 does he,

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.519
 that the king

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.099
 will always

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:52.720
 extend the

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.460
 golden scepter?

00:31:54.159 --> 00:31:54.599
 Did Esther

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:54.980
 get that

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.579
 promise ahead

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:55.939
 of time?

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:58.199
 No.

00:31:59.439 --> 00:32:00.279
 He does

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.859
 promise

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:02.139
 that we can

00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:02.799
 trust him

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.359
 regardless

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.179
 as we

00:32:04.179 --> 00:32:05.139
 boldly

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:06.000
 remember his

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.480
 goodness

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.559
 and sing

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:07.980
 about it

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.359
 over and

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:08.559
 over.

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.639
 And so we

00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:10.359
 realize

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.159
 that because

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:11.639
 of that we

00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.339
 can forget

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.119
 ourselves.

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.099
 Seek first

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.839
 his kingdom

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:16.000
 and let him

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.619
 take care of

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.059
 us.

00:32:19.979 --> 00:32:20.919
 The college

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:21.699
 freshman who

00:32:21.699 --> 00:32:22.579
 raised his

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:24.159
 hand found

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:24.859
 himself in

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.679
 the professor's

00:32:25.679 --> 00:32:26.859
 office later

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:29.039
 that day with

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.919
 a professor who

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.779
 was genuinely

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:32.500
 seeking truth,

00:32:33.639 --> 00:32:34.299
 who had

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.279
 questions about

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.059
 the Bible that

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.579
 he wanted to

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.419
 ask someone who

00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:38.819
 believed it and

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:40.139
 who wanted to

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:40.559
 know where he

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.179
 went to church

00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:42.299
 and if he

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.819
 could go with

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.019
 him.

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:45.139
 Not what the

00:32:45.139 --> 00:32:46.000
 freshman saw

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.319
 coming.

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:48.859
 The young

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.399
 couple is

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:50.079
 married now.

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:50.939
 They're not

00:32:50.939 --> 00:32:51.739
 the wealthiest

00:32:51.739 --> 00:32:52.679
 family that I

00:32:52.679 --> 00:32:54.239
 know but

00:32:54.239 --> 00:32:54.699
 they're out of

00:32:54.699 --> 00:32:56.219
 debt and

00:32:56.219 --> 00:32:56.839
 faithfully,

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:58.039
 joyfully serving

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:59.119
 Christ's church.

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:02.619
 The employee

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:04.239
 was eventually

00:33:04.239 --> 00:33:05.559
 let go from

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.179
 her company

00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:08.719
 but has found

00:33:08.719 --> 00:33:09.579
 in a new

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.319
 season of life

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.879
 a renewed

00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:12.079
 joy in

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.639
 where God

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:13.719
 has her.

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:16.180
 each of them

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:19.019
 was willing

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.920
 to lose

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:21.440
 to see

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.799
 kingdom

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.600
 gain.

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.400
 A lost

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:24.079
 grade, a

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:25.259
 lost nest

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.819
 egg, a

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.980
 lost job.

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.720
 Worth it

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.519
 somehow

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:32.940
 in the service

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.559
 of the

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.059
 sovereign

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:35.660
 rescuing

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.600
 faithful

00:33:36.600 --> 00:33:37.360
 God.

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:40.039
 would God

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.519
 make this

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.039
 a church

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.099
 family and

00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:43.079
 community

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:44.439
 full of

00:33:44.439 --> 00:33:45.779
 Esther-like

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.639
 bold

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:48.419
 faithfulness?

00:33:48.919 --> 00:33:49.719
 For such

00:33:49.719 --> 00:33:50.500
 a time

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.419
 as this

00:33:51.419 --> 00:33:52.339
 in an

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.259
 age of

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.079
 confusion,

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.019
 in the

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.899
 midst of a

00:33:55.899 --> 00:33:56.639
 government

00:33:56.639 --> 00:33:57.519
 shutdown,

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:59.219
 in grief

00:33:59.219 --> 00:34:00.679
 and uncertainty,

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.579
 would we

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.959
 boldly and

00:34:02.959 --> 00:34:03.819
 faithfully

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.839
 trust him

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.759
 and live

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.279
 like that?

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:08.420
 See, the

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.259
 encouragement is

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:10.000
 you can live

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.840
 like her

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.259
 too.

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.440
 Wherever God

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:12.920
 has placed

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.500
 you, whatever

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.679
 difficult decision

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.380
 he asks you

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.699
 to make,

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:17.059
 whatever costly

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:19.019
 sacrifice you

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.619
 may have to

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:21.039
 make, you

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.920
 can live with

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:23.739
 expectancy and

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.799
 dependence and

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:26.179
 even self-forgetfulness.

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.719
 Why?

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.840
 How?

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:30.500
 Because God is a

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:32.920
 father to us.

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.900
 Because he

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.760
 delights to

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.720
 give us good

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.559
 gifts that

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.940
 meet our

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.880
 deepest needs

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.440
 so that we

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:39.099
 can forget

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.900
 ourselves and

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.660
 still not be

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.139
 forgotten.

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.420
 Amazing.

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.420
 You can live

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.720
 this way only

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.880
 because as a

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.840
 good father to

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:49.019
 us, God sent

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:50.480
 Jesus as

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.280
 more than an

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:51.760
 example.

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:52.340
 Okay?

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.360
 Esther can be

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:54.160
 an example,

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.860
 even an

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.599
 inspiration.

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.619
 I hope she is

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.500
 to some of you.

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.820
 But we need

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.760
 more than that.

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:00.960
 Jesus was

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.800
 willing to

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.740
 forget himself

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:03.699
 and stand as

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:04.459
 a representative

00:35:04.459 --> 00:35:05.659
 for God's

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.779
 people facing

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:08.000
 certain death

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:09.119
 to say not

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.699
 if I perish

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:12.879
 but when I

00:35:12.879 --> 00:35:13.799
 perish.

00:35:14.839 --> 00:35:15.739
 And your

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.539
 great mediator

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.159
 stood with

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:18.879
 bold faithfulness

00:35:18.879 --> 00:35:20.319
 all the way to

00:35:20.319 --> 00:35:21.939
 the cross in

00:35:21.939 --> 00:35:23.279
 your place to

00:35:23.279 --> 00:35:24.099
 ensure your

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:25.559
 protection, your

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.919
 eternal safety

00:35:26.919 --> 00:35:28.199
 for even the

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:29.019
 moments when your

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.779
 faith fails,

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:30.759
 even when you

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.360
 don't come

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:32.200
 through like

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:32.540
 Esther.

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.420
 He has come

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.120
 through once

00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:35.100
 and for all

00:35:35.100 --> 00:35:36.040
 for you.

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.100
 Praise the

00:35:37.100 --> 00:35:37.440
 Lord.

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.320
 He has

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:40.440
 rescued you.

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:44.500
 But don't

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.900
 miss it.

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:45.880
 This is

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.600
 beautiful.

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:47.820
 He didn't

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.860
 rescue you so

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.580
 you could sit

00:35:49.580 --> 00:35:50.560
 complacently,

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.500
 fearfully,

00:35:53.200 --> 00:35:54.000
 in a church

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.420
 pew,

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:56.480
 and hear

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.200
 about someone

00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:58.200
 else's life.

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.139
 No.

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.340
 He also

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.079
 sent his

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:03.420
 spirit into

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.940
 you so

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.400
 that you're

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.860
 empowered to

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.760
 live with

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.460
 your father

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.300
 like he

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.680
 does,

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.500
 expectantly,

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.800
 dependently,

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:13.380
 self-forgetfully,

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.260
 just like him,

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.460
 boldly walking

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.320
 in all the

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:17.360
 good works he

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:18.440
 prepared specifically

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:19.900
 for you to

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.519
 walk in.

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:22.739
 it may look

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.880
 and feel

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.559
 right now.

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.599
 From all

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:26.199
 you can tell,

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:27.019
 you are in a

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:28.460
 God-forsaken

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:29.659
 situation

00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:31.139
 or world.

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:34.179
 You're not.

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:37.579
 In the worst,

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.800
 most dangerous,

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:40.259
 most overwhelming

00:36:40.259 --> 00:36:41.219
 situation,

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:43.320
 God is at work.

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:44.239
 A father

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:45.280
 to you

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:46.300
 who sent

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:47.080
 his son

00:36:47.080 --> 00:36:48.000
 for you,

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.660
 who sent

00:36:48.660 --> 00:36:49.600
 his spirit

00:36:49.600 --> 00:36:50.780
 to be with

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.500
 you so

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.820
 that you

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.360
 can walk

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.340
 boldly to

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:53.840
 the throne

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.500
 of grace

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.060
 this morning

00:36:55.060 --> 00:36:56.400
 and boldly

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.940
 to the throne

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:58.140
 of any king

00:36:58.140 --> 00:36:59.100
 this week

00:36:59.100 --> 00:37:00.180
 with faith

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:01.040
 that he is

00:37:01.040 --> 00:37:01.860
 in control,

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:03.120
 that he is

00:37:03.120 --> 00:37:03.780
 at work,

00:37:04.080 --> 00:37:04.640
 that he is

00:37:04.640 --> 00:37:05.420
 with you

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.940
 where he

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.840
 puts you.

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.160
 We can be

00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:08.940
 confident

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:09.780
 of this

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.920
 because as

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.680
 Paul reminds

00:37:11.680 --> 00:37:12.060
 us,

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:14.940
 if God

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.639
 did not

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:16.480
 spare his

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.500
 own son

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:19.360
 but gave

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:19.860
 him up

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.720
 for us,

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:22.240
 he's not

00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:23.240
 through with

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:23.659
 us.

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.460
 How will

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:24.960
 he not

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.840
 also with

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.179
 him

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:27.420
 graciously

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:28.220
 give us

00:37:28.220 --> 00:37:29.500
 all things,

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.740
 graciously

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:31.960
 continue to

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.880
 work for

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.380
 his own

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:33.760
 glory,

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:34.820
 graciously

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.760
 keep us

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.159
 in his

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.679
 eternal

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:37.119
 good,

00:37:37.200 --> 00:37:37.740
 he will.

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:40.019
 At this

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.559
 table,

00:37:41.720 --> 00:37:42.320
 he meets

00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.980
 with you

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:44.559
 to assure

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.800
 you that

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.380
 he's worthy

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.880
 of your

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.500
 trust,

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:49.400
 to strengthen

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:51.340
 your faith

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.240
 in him

00:37:52.240 --> 00:37:54.139
 that leads

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.559
 to your

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:55.440
 faithfulness

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:56.679
 for him.

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:58.579
 Come meet

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:59.079
 with him.

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.039
 It was the

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:01.039
 night that

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.579
 Jesus was

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.099
 betrayed,

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.619
 sent to

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:05.380
 his death

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:06.340
 on a

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.920
 cross,

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:09.039
 that he

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.440
 sat with

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:10.179
 his disciples

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:11.460
 who were

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.500
 about to

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.339
 feel like

00:38:13.339 --> 00:38:13.639
 they were

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:13.899
 in a

00:38:13.899 --> 00:38:14.339
 really

00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:14.859
 God

00:38:14.859 --> 00:38:15.619
 forsaken

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.399
 place,

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:16.960
 yes?

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.679
 And here's

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.019
 what Jesus

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.460
 did,

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:19.980
 he took

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.359
 bread,

00:38:21.319 --> 00:38:21.899
 and he

00:38:21.899 --> 00:38:22.519
 broke it,

00:38:22.859 --> 00:38:23.139
 and he

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.539
 gave it

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:24.000
 to them

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.659
 as I

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.279
 ministering

00:38:25.279 --> 00:38:25.619
 in his

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:25.940
 name,

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:26.599
 give this

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.039
 bread to

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:27.259
 you.

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:28.799
 He said,

00:38:28.879 --> 00:38:29.319
 take and

00:38:29.319 --> 00:38:29.500
 eat,

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.099
 this is

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.859
 my body

00:38:30.859 --> 00:38:32.039
 given

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.619
 for you,

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.379
 do this

00:38:33.379 --> 00:38:34.259
 in remembrance

00:38:34.259 --> 00:38:34.819
 of me,

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.460
 and then he

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:35.940
 took the

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.619
 cup after

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:37.359
 supper and

00:38:37.359 --> 00:38:37.559
 said,

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:38.179
 this cup

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.819
 is the

00:38:38.819 --> 00:38:39.399
 new covenant

00:38:39.399 --> 00:38:39.899
 in my

00:38:39.899 --> 00:38:40.319
 blood,

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:40.960
 which is

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.519
 shed for

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.940
 many for

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.539
 the forgiveness

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.279
 of sins,

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:44.219
 drink from

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.839
 it all of

00:38:44.839 --> 00:38:45.039
 you,

00:38:45.419 --> 00:38:45.759
 for as

00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:46.279
 often as

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:46.559
 you eat

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.099
 this bread

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.919
 and drink

00:38:47.919 --> 00:38:48.440
 this cup,

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.119
 you proclaim

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:49.699
 the Lord's

00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:50.879
 death until

00:38:50.879 --> 00:38:51.419
 he comes.

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 You say to

00:38:52.799 --> 00:38:53.379
 a world that

00:38:53.379 --> 00:38:54.199
 feels God

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.719
 forsaken,

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.619
 my God has

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.179
 entered in

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:57.279
 to this

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:57.579
 world.

00:38:58.399 --> 00:38:58.899
 He's given

00:38:58.899 --> 00:38:59.599
 his life

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.440
 for me,

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:01.259
 he's not

00:39:01.259 --> 00:39:01.879
 left me

00:39:01.879 --> 00:39:02.539
 here alone,

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.980
 he's with

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.440
 me,

00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:05.839
 and Jesus

00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:06.339
 says keep

00:39:06.339 --> 00:39:07.099
 doing this.

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.739
 Even after

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:09.319
 I leave,

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:09.980
 I'm going

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.259
 to send

00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:10.899
 my spirit

00:39:10.899 --> 00:39:11.419
 to meet

00:39:11.419 --> 00:39:12.019
 with you

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:13.960
 at the

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.480
 invitation

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.019
 of King

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.460
 Jesus,

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.559
 Southwood

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:17.179
 welcomes

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:18.500
 all of

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.199
 you who

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:19.599
 are brothers

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.199
 and sisters

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.779
 in Christ,

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.440
 members of

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:22.000
 any of

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.599
 his churches,

00:39:22.819 --> 00:39:23.539
 to come

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.019
 this morning

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.619
 and eat

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:25.639
 with us

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 and with

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:27.379
 him at

00:39:27.379 --> 00:39:27.940
 this table.

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:29.859
 If you

00:39:29.859 --> 00:39:30.719
 don't trust

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.179
 Jesus

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:32.039
 personally,

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:33.480
 or haven't

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:34.639
 yet professed

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.799
 that publicly,

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:36.839
 we're so

00:39:36.839 --> 00:39:37.500
 glad that you

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.859
 are here

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.180
 to,

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:38.820
 and we

00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:39.519
 invite you,

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:39.940
 if you

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.480
 would like

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:41.039
 to come

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.599
 and observe,

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:43.280
 we'd love

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:43.680
 to be able

00:39:43.680 --> 00:39:44.099
 to talk

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.400
 with you

00:39:44.400 --> 00:39:44.840
 up close,

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.440
 even pray

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:45.860
 with you.

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.500
 If you

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.000
 prefer,

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.780
 please feel

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.019
 free,

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.660
 you're welcome

00:39:48.660 --> 00:39:49.280
 to stay

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:50.039
 seated and

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.900
 just consider

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:52.539
 what King

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.220
 Jesus is

00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:53.720
 offering.

00:39:54.700 --> 00:39:55.480
 A king

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:55.840
 who would

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.440
 give his

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.700
 life to

00:39:57.700 --> 00:39:58.480
 protect his

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:59.240
 people and

00:39:59.240 --> 00:40:00.420
 invites us

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:01.200
 then into a

00:40:01.200 --> 00:40:01.640
 life of

00:40:01.640 --> 00:40:02.500
 purpose and

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.760
 rest and

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.700
 joy with

00:40:04.700 --> 00:40:05.000
 him.

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:07.239
 hear that

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:07.760
 invitation,

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.619
 consider

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.840
 Jesus'

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:11.019
 love and

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.659
 life and

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.519
 death and

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:13.440
 resurrection for

00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:14.519
 you as we

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:15.039
 come to this

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.260
 table.

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:15.880
 Let me pray

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.840
 and then we'll

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:17.340
 partake.

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:19.860
 Jesus,

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:20.280
 what an

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.740
 amazing

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:22.340
 gift you

00:40:22.340 --> 00:40:22.760
 gave us,

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.240
 not just

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:24.200
 one time to

00:40:24.200 --> 00:40:24.760
 give your

00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:26.460
 life once

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:27.059
 for all,

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:28.860
 but also to

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:29.400
 give us a

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:30.800
 gift of

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:31.460
 your presence

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:31.940
 in this

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.240
 meal,

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:33.920
 of your

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:35.900
 spirit sitting

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.680
 with us,

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:39.620
 whispering in

00:40:39.620 --> 00:40:40.100
 our ear,

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:43.780
 in our lips,

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:47.180
 feeling that

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.739
 you've given

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:48.839
 your life for

00:40:48.839 --> 00:40:49.359
 us, how

00:40:49.359 --> 00:40:50.039
 will you not

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:51.500
 also keep

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.480
 caring for

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:53.719
 us into

00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:54.299
 eternity?

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.299
 And so

00:40:56.299 --> 00:40:56.619
 would you

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:57.239
 take very

00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:58.299
 normal bread

00:40:58.299 --> 00:40:59.279
 and wine

00:40:59.279 --> 00:41:00.839
 and use it

00:41:00.839 --> 00:41:01.259
 in a very

00:41:01.259 --> 00:41:02.239
 special way

00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:02.559
 in our

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:03.000
 hearts?

00:41:03.759 --> 00:41:04.460
 In Jesus'

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:04.859
 name,

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:05.859
 amen.

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.799
 For more

00:41:07.799 --> 00:41:08.319
 information,

00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:09.139
 visit us

00:41:09.139 --> 00:41:09.859
 online at

00:41:09.859 --> 00:41:10.619
 southwood.org.

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:18.179
 to

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 to

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