Has your life ever been turned upsidedown overnight?

2 - Outside of my control

Esther 2
1. But after King Ahasuerus' anger had cooled, he began brooding over the loss of Vashti, realizing that he would never see her again.
2. So his aides suggested, "Let us go and find the most beautiful girls in the empire and bring them to the king for his pleasure.
3. We will appoint agents in each province to select young lovelies for the royal harem. Hegai, the eunuch in charge, will see that they are given beauty treatments,
4. and after that, the girl who pleases you most shall be the queen instead of Vashti." This suggestion naturally pleased the king very much, and he put the plan into immediate effect.
5. Now there was a certain Jew at the palace named Mordecai (son of Jair, son of Shime-i, son of Kish, a Benjaminite).
6. He had been captured when Jerusalem was destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar, and had been exiled to Babylon along with King Jeconiah of Judah and many others.
7. This man had a beautiful and lovely young cousin, Hadassah (also called Esther), whose father and mother were dead, and whom he had adopted into his family and raised as his own daughter.
8. So now, as a result of the king's decree, Esther was brought to the king's harem at Shushan Palace, along with many other young girls.
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Esther was living her life as would a normal teenager of her day, when the King made this decree which changed the course of her future.

She was rounded up and brought to the palace along with many other young girls like herself.

Was she expecting this to happen?
Not at all.
Sometimes life is like this, and we are caught completely off guard: life takes a turn we were not expecting, and which totally shocks us.

Someone completely outside of our lives and circumstances makes a decision which changes the course of our future and there is nothing we can do about it.

In circumstances like this all we can do is to trust God that He will help us and make things right for us.
This is what He did for Esther.

Prayer:
Father, today I put my trust in You that You will work out the course of my life, so that it turns out good.
When decisions are made for me that are outside of my control, please help me to know that even though I may not understand what is going on, I can trust You that behind the scenes You are in full control of my life.
Thank You for this assurance which gives me the confidence to go forward,
in Jesus' name,
Amen. 

Have a great day in Jesus,
Sol Wise.

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