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Esther 6 Commentary
by Brad Boyles
Generally speaking, we tend to fall into one of two categories. Either we are detail-oriented thinkers or big-picture thinkers. People who focus on the details tend to lack the vision to see how it will affect future development. Those who are casting vision into the future tend to overlook the important details of how to get there. Where am I going with this?
God is the ultimate detailed, big-picture thinker. He orchestrates the smallest details that seem totally random or coincidental to us. Then, He weaves those details together to reveal an unfathomable big-picture plan. God loves to take dead-end, impossible situations and transform us with His glory. He uses the things perceived as foolish to humble the proud.
Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. 28 God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world—what is viewed as nothing—to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, 29 so that no one can boast in His presence.
1 Corinthians 1:27-29 HCSB
None of these events in Esther 6 were a coincidence. They seem to line up too perfectly to be true, but God had been working the entire time. For Haman, covering his head in mourning would have indicated someone just died. This was a crushing blow to his pride!
The lesson here is that the wrath of man is always used to glorify God. Even in the worst of circumstances, in this life or the next, God will orchestrate every detail to baffle the enemy and leave all people glorifying God. The truth of this is understood as we read what Haman’s wife and friends say to him. “You won’t overcome him, because your downfall is certain.” This is our God!