ESTHER 9:1 WHEN GOD TURNS IT AROUND

I DON’T KNOW WHT “IT” IS, BUT WE ALL HAVE AN IT IN OUR LIVES

IT COULD BE OUR CAREER, FINANCES, MINISTRY, JOB, FIGHT

WHETHER YOU MAY BE WINNING OR LOSING, GOD WILL TURN IT AROUND IN YOUR FAVOR

INTRODUCTION

WE ARE NOT VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCE AND NOTHING IN OUR LIVES HAPPENS BY COINCIDENCE

OUR STEPS HAVE BEEN ORDERED BY THE LORD

Proverbs 16:9 KJV 1900

A man’s heart deviseth his way: But the Lord directeth his steps.

Proverbs 19:2 KJV 1900

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR STEPS HAVE BEEN ORDERED BY GOD

EVEN WHEN YOUR HEART IS SET UPON SOMETHING, GOD STILL KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR YOUR LIFE

AND THE LORD HAS A MIND THAT IS FOR YOU AND NOT AGAINST YOU

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE AN ENEMY THAT SEEKS TO DO US HARM

JOSEPH RECOGNIZED THIS PARADOX,

Genesis 50:20 KJV 1900

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

AND WE FIND OURSELVES BEING TORN BETWEEN THE TWO

IF WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE AN ENEMY, THEN WE CAN BLAME GOD FOR THINGS THAT THE ENEMY DOES

AND WE ASK, HOW COULD A LOVING GOD ALLOW US TO GO THROUGH THINGS THAT ALMOST DESTROY US

1 Peter 5:8 KJV 1900

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

YOUR ENEMY WANTS TO DESTROY YOU

BUT, AS BELIEVERS, WE HAVE A GOD THAT FIGHTS FOR US

AND EVEN GREATER NEWS IS THAT THE ENEMY IS NOT AN EQUAL OPPONENT

GOD IS GREATER

THAT’S WHY YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER

Proverbs 19:21 KJV 1900

There are many devices in a man’s heart; Nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

REGARDLESS WHAT THE DEVIL OR MAN WANTS TO DO TO YOU, IT IS THE LORD’S PURPOSE THAT WILL PREVAIL IN LIFE

\EVEN IN THE BOOK OF JOB, WE SEE THE DEVIL GOING AROUND SEEING WHO HE CAN DESTROY

BUT, WE ALSO SEE THAT GOD PUTS A WALL OF PROTECTION AROUND THOSE WHOM HE LOVES

THE DEVIL EVEN HAS TO GET GOD’S PERMISSION TO ATTACK YOU

AND THE REASON THAT GOD ALLOWS A GREATER ATTACK IS BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HE HAS PLACED INSIDE OF YOU AND THAT YOU CAN DEFEAT THE DEVIL EVERY TIME

FOR, GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD

THAT’S WHY WE LABOR TO GET INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD

THE PRODIGAL SON WAS WEAK WHEN HE WAS IN THE PIG PEN, BUT WHEN HE MADE IT BACK TO THE FATHER, HE HAD ENOUGH

IN HIS PRESENCE THERE IS THE FULNESS OF JOY, AND AT HIS RIGHT HAND THEIR ARE PLEASURES FOREVERMORE

I’LL GIVE YOU 3 POINTS HOW GOD TURNS AROUND WHAT THE ENEMY SENDS TO DESTROY YOU

1. POSITIONED BY PROVIDENCE

ALTHOUGH GOD IS NOT MENTIONED ONCE IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER, WE CAN SEE HEIS PROVISION THROUGH SYMBOLISM

THE KING WAS HAVING A CELEBRATION AND ALL OF THE BIG PEOPLE WERE THERE

AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY WHEN THE KING WAS MERRY WITH WINE, HE CALLED FOR HIS QUEEN BUT HIS QUEEN WAS DISOBEDIENT ANDF REBELLIOUS

WE TALKED ABOUT LST WEEK HOW DISOBEDIENCE CAN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE YOUR POSITION IN THE KINGDOM, UNTIL THERE IS REPENTANCE

HOWEVER, THERE WAS REPENTANCE ON THE PART OF THE QUEEN, SO THE QUEEN LOST HER POSITION

SOMEONE’S MISBEHAVIOR COULD BE MAKING ROOM FOR YOU RIGHT NOW

WHETHER THEY ARE A BELIEVER OR AN UNBELIEVER, GOD IS MAKING ROOM FOR YOUR DESTINY RIGHT NOW

YOU DON’T HAVE TO WONDER HOW OR WHY, THERE IS ROOM BEING MADE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW

THERE WAS A WEALTHY WOMAN WHO LIVED IN SHUNEM AND SHE WOULD MAKE FOOD FOR ELISHA WHENEVER HE PASSED BY

SHE UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WAS A HOLY MAN OF GOD

THUS, HER AND HER HUSBAND MADE A ROOM FOR HIM AND PROVIDED A BED, CHAIR, TABLE, AND A LAMP, SO HE WOULD HAVE A PLACE TO STAY EVERYTIME THAT HE PASED BY

ELISHA WAS SO THANKFUL THAT HE TOLD HIS SERVANT TO FIND OUT WHAT SHE WANTED IN RETURN

HOWEVER, SHE DID NOT WANT ANYTHING

BUT, GEHAZI NOTICED THAT SHE DIDN’T HAVE A SON

SO ELISHA PROPHESIED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A SON ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE FOLLOWING YEAR

AND IT HAPPENED JUST AS THE PROPHET SAID

WHEN YOU MAKE ROOM FOR GOD, GOD MAKES ROOM FOR YOUR DREAM

THEY HAD MADE ROOM FOR GOD THROUGH THE BUILDING OF ELISHA A ROOM, SO GOD MADE ROOM FOR HER DREAM

AND IT HAD COME TO PASS THAT THE KING’S ANGER STOPPED, HE WANTED ANOTHER QUEEN

Psalm 30:5 KJV 1900

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

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Psalm 30:3 KJV 1900

O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

YOU MAY HAVE FELT HIS ANGER IN THE PAST, BUT HIS FAVOR IS FOR LIFE

AND THE LORD TOLD ME TO TELL YOU THAT FAVOR IS ON ITS WAY

FAVOR FOR YOUR DREAM, VISION, HOPE, PASSION, WHAT YOU HAVE KEPT SECRET IN YOUR HEART

HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, BUT HIS FAVOR IS FOR LIFE

STOP WONDERING WHY THINGS ARE NOT HAPPENING

YOU HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THE FAVOR THAT YOU WANT THE LORD TO PLACE ON YOUR LIFE

FAVOR WAS DECLARED THROUGHOUT HIS KINGDOM, AND HIS CHIEF ENEUCH WAS TO PREPARE THE WOMAN

CHRIST, OUR KING IS DECLARING FAVOR THROUGHOUT HIS KINGDOM

NOW, IT IS TIME TO LET HIS SPIRIT PREPARE YOU TO WALK IN THIS FAVOR

Esther 2:9 ESV

And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king’s palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem.

AND ESTER STARTED PREPARING

YOU CANNOT GET INTO THE RIGHT POSITION WITHOUT PREPARATION

6 MONTHS WITH THE OIL OF MYRRH

MYRHH WAS USED FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS

IT WAS ONE OF THE TREASURES WHICH THE WISE MEN BROUGHT TO CHRIST WHEN HE WAS BORN

SINCE, CHRIST NEEDED IT FOR HIS POSITION, ESTHER DEFINITELY USE IT FOR HER POSITION

IT WAS USED IN THE SACRED ANOINTING OIL, AS A PERFUME, IN BEUTY TREATMENTS

BUT, ONE THING THT I FOUND OUT ABOUT MYRRH IS THT THE REAL FRAGRANCE DOESN’T COMEOUT UNTIL IT IS BURNED

THIS SIGNIFIED THE KILLING OF THE FLESH, 6 MONTHS IN THE KILLING OF THE FLESH AND THEN 6 MONTHS IN OINTMENTS FOR THE PERFUME AND BEUTIFYING OF WOMEN

JUST THINK ABOUT IT, 1 YEAR OF PREPARATION FOR ONE NIGHT

BUT, THAT IS HOW IT WAS FOR CHRIST AS WELL 33 YEARS FOR 3 YEARS

WHEN GOD OPENS UP THE POSITION OF DESTINY FOR YOU, IT TAKES YOUR BEST PREPARATION

PREPARE FOR YOUR BUSINESS, MINISTRY, CAREER, GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO

SHE COMPLETED HER PREPARATION, BUT THERE WAS ONE MORE EVENT THAT WOU,D TAKE PLACE BEFORE SHE WENT INTO THE KING

THE WOMAN WAS ALLOWED TO TAKE IN WHATEVER SHE DESIRED FOR THAT NIGHT

ONE WOMAN CHOSE THIS, AND ONE THAT AND ONE THIS AND ONE THAT

BUT, ESTHER ASKER THE KING’S EUNUCH FOR WHATEVER HE ADVISED

LOOK AT THE SUBMISSION

SHE COULD HAVE TAKEN THE BEST JEWEL, THE MOST GLAMOROUS GOLD, OR THE BEST OUTFIT

BUT, ESTHER TRUSTED THE EUNUCH

WE NEED TO TRUST THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR WHATEVER, HE WANTS US TO DO

TO BE CARNALLY MINDED IS DEATH, BUT TO BE SPIRITUALLY MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACE

YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THOSE ABOVE YOU, ESPECIALLY THE ONE THAT KNOWS THE KING BEST

AND THROUGH THE SUBMISSION CAME THE FAVOR IN THE EYES OF ALL WHO SAW HER

NOBODY WANTS TO SUBMIT TO ANYONE ANYMORE BUT THERE IS PROTOCOL IN THE PALACE

AND IF YOU WANT TO OBTAIN FAVOR, THEN YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE PROTOCOL AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO KNOW THE PROTOCOL

YOU MAY BE AN UP AND COMING TALENT BUT YOU STILL NEED TO SUBMIT

IT WAS CHRIST’S SUBMISSION IN THE GARDEN THAT BROUGHT HIM UP OUT OF THE GRAVE

BUT, ONCE YOU ARE POSITIONED BY PROVISION, YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH IN THE FIRE

2. FAITH IN THE FIRE

ONCE YOU RECEIVE YOUR POSITION, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE FAITH IN THE FIRE, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS NOT GOING TO LIKE YOU

PEOPLE ARE JEALOUS UPON WHO THE LORD PLACES FAVOR

JOSEPH’S BROTHERS WERE SO JEALOUS THAT THEY THREW HIM INTO A PIT AND ACTED LIKE HE WAS DEAD BY SELLING HIM TO THE ISHMAELITES WHO SOLD HIM IN EGYPT

PEOPLE HATE YOUR FAVOR AND THEY ATTEMPT TO BURRY IT WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE IT

THEY WILL TRY TO PLACE YOUR FAVOR IN THE WORSE POSSIBLE PLACE BUT GOD

THAT’S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE BIBLE

WE HAVE SO MANY SITUATIONS THAT ARE GOING IN THE ENEMIES DIRECTIONS, BUT GOD

YOU COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD, BUT GOD

YOU COULD HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN EDUCATION, BUT GOD

YOU SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN WHERE YOU ARE, BUT GOD

YOU SHOULDN’T BE MAKING THE MONEY THAT YOU ARE MAKING, BUT GOD

YOU SHOULD HAVE LOST ALL YOUR FAVOR, BUT GOD

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HATED BY EVERYONE AROUND YOU, BUT GOD

THE FAVOR OF GOD IS STILL UPON YOU

BUT, DON’T THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE GOD’S FAVOR IS UPON YOU, THAT PEOPLE WILL LIKE YOU

THAT WAS THE WISDOM OF ESTHER IN THE BEAUTY CONTEST

SHE NEVER TOLD ANYBODY WHERE SHE WAS FROM

THE PROBLEM THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE IS THAT THEY TELL THE WRONG PEOPLE WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU

YOU TELL THE WRONG PEOPLE THE BLESSING THAT GOD HAS BROUGHT UPON YOU

KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL TRY TO KILL YOUR PROMISE

ONCE HAMAN, AN ENEMY OF THE ISRAELITES DISCOVERED THAT MORDECAI WAS A JEW, HE SWEET TALKED THE KING INTO DESTROYING ALL OF THE JEWS

WHAT HAMAN DID NOT KNOW IS THAT THE QUEEN WAS ALSO A JEW

IF SHE WOULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT HE R BLESSING TOO EARLY, SHE MAY HAVE LOST HER FAVOR

BUT, BECAUSE SHE WAS WISE ENOUGH TO KEEP HER MOUTH SHUT, SHE WAS ABLE TO SECURE THE FAVOR OF NOT ONLY HER BUT HER PEOPLE

HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT AN EASY THING

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY TO ANNOUNCE THAT GOD HAD FAVOR UPON HER BY GIVING A JEWISH GIRL TO THE KING OF PERSIA

HAMAN’S EVIL PLAN WAS MADE KNOWN THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE EMPIRE

AND MORDECAI SENT WORD TO ESTHER ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN

THE FIRST THING THAT HIT ESTER’S HEART WAS FEAR AS SHE KNEW THAT IF A WOMAN OR MAN APPROACHES THE KING WITHOUT BEING CALLED, HE OR SHE COULD BE PUT TO DEATH

AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, ESTHER HAD NOT BEEN CALLED BY THE KING FOR THIRTY DAYS

FAITH IS EASY TO HAVE WHEN YOU ARE WALKING IN FAVOR

IF ESTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED EVERY NIGHT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY, OR EVEN ONCE A WEEK, SHE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE FAVOR WAS STILL THERE

BUT SHE HAD NOT BEEN CALLED FOR A MONTH, WHICH MEANT THAT THE FAVOR WAS NOT EVIDENT, ONLY THE FIRE

HOW COULD SHE TAKE THIS STEP OF FAITH

SHE THOUGHT THAT HER POSITION WAS SECURE AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN BUT GOD JUST DIDN’T MAKE HER QUEEN SO THAT SHE COULD WEAR A CROWN UPON HER HEAD

GOD MADE HER A QUEEN SO THT SHE COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN LIFE

GOD DOESN’T PLACE FAVOR SO THAT YOU CAN WEAR A ROBE, CHAIN, RING, OR A CROWN

GOD MAKES WAY FOR THE POSITION SO THAT HE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS EARTH

WHEN THE FAVOR FADES AND THE FIRE COMES, YOU CAN BE SURE OF ONE THING, THAT YOU HAVE COME INTO THE KINGDOM FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS WHEN THE FAVOR FADES AND THE FIRE COMES, IT IS TIME TO TAKE A STEP OF FAITH

ESTHER CALLED A FAST AND LEFT IT INTO THE HAND OF GOD

GOD HAD TO BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING IN THEIR LIVES AND IT JUST CAN’T BE SAID, IT HAS TO BE DEMONSTRATED

ON THE THIRD DAY OF THE FAST, ESTHER TOOK HER STEP OF FAITH

IF YOU ARE IN AN IMPOSSIBILITY RIGHT NOW

OR YOU NEED GOD TO WORK A MIRACLE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW

OR YOU NEED GOD FOR SOME REASON, THEN IT IS TIME TO TAKE A STEP OF FAITH

BUT, JUST AS YOU PREPARED FOR FAVOR, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PREPARE FOR FAITH

AND ESTHER TOOK HER STEP OF FAITH AND FAVOR RETURNED IN THE FEAR

3. FAVOR IN THE FEAR

SHE STEPPED INTO THE THRONE ROOM IN FAITH

AND THE KING RAISED HIS SCEPTER OF AUTHORITY

THAT’S HOW YOU HAVE TO COME BEFORE GOD, YOU HAVE TO COME BEFORE HIM BY FAITH

GOD IS RAISING SOMETHING ON YOUR BEHALF

HE IS RAING YOUR EXPECTATIONS

HE IS RAING YOUR MARRIAGE

HE IS RAISING YOUR CHILDREN

HE IS RAING YOUR WORSHIP, FAITH, PRAYER, PRAISE, FIGHT

HE IS RAISING YOUR STRENGTH

YOU COME BOLDLY BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE TO OBTAIN MERCEY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED

WHEN STEP IN FAITH BEFORE GOD; MERCY IS RELEASED UPON YOUR HEALTH, MIND, EMOTIONS, JOB, FINANCES, CAREER, DREAMS, HOPES, VISIONS, PETITIONS, WHAT YOU WANT, EDUCATION

NOT ONLY DOES GOD RELEASE MERCY, YOU FIND THE GRACE THAT YOU NEED

GRACE IN NEED OF THE BONDAGE, OBSTACLE, CHALLENGE, DIFFICULTY, PAIN, UNCERTAINTY, CONFUSION

OH, I SEE GOD RELEASING SOME MERCY AND GRACE UPON SOME PEOPLE RIGHT NOW

YOU CANNOT FEAR TO TAKE THAT STEP

YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT STEP IN FAITH

YOU WILL OFFER A MORE ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE

YOU WILL BE TAKEN THAT YOU NOT SEE DEATH IN YOUR PROVISIONS, SICKNESS

YOU WILL BECOME AN HEIR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

YOU CAN EXPECT GOD TO RESURRECT

YOU CAN WATCH YOUR RED SEA PART

YOU CAN WATCH YOUR WALLS OF JERICHO FALL DOWN

YOU CAN WATCH YOUR ENEMY DROWNED

OVERCOME YOUR FEAR TODAY AND TAKE THAT STEP OF FAITH AND GOD WILL RELEASE FAVOR

IS THERE ANYONE IN HERE AND YOU NEED FAVOR IN YOUR LIFE

IS THERE ANYONE IN HERE AND YOU NEED A DIVINE TURN AROUND

BY FAVOR, GOD IS TURNING THINGS AROUND IN YOUR LIFE

GOD IS TURNING YOUR FINANCES AROUND

GOD IS TURNING PEOPLE’S JEALOUSY AROUND

GOD IS TURNING THE PLANS OF THE ENEMY AROUND

AND WHAT THE ENEMY MEANYT FOR EVIL, GOD IS GOING TO TURN IT FOR GOD

ALL THINGS ARE WORKING TOGETHER, BECAUSE NOTHING SHALL SEPARATE YOU FROM THE LOVE OF GOD

AND THE KING TOLD ESTHER, EVEN UNTO HALF OF MY KINGDOM, IT SHALL BE FULFILLED