The book of Esther tells the story of a woman whom God chose to fulfill a great destiny. She came from lowly beginnings as an orphan, a Jew, a member of a conquered nation and a nobody, to become Queen of Persia. Yet that wasn’t her ultimate destiny. It was merely the means to achieve her destiny, a far more important destiny—that of saving her people from annihilation.
I believe there are moments in each of our lives, pivotal points, where God invokes a reversal of fortune or a reversal of destiny. These moments or events can appear extremely insignificant. But how we react to them and what follows have enormous consequences.
The Bible is full of examples of how God does this.
Abraham was a nobody from Haran. God made him the father of a nation.
Joseph was a slave and a prisoner. God made him second in power to only Pharaoh.
Moses was insecure and stuttered. God used him to confront Pharaoh and lead the Israelites out of slavery.
Gideon, the least of his clan, in the least tribe of Israel. God used him to defeat the Midianites.
Rahab was a harlot. God birthed the Messiah, Jesus, through her descendants.
David was a shepherd boy. God made him King of Israel.
Peter was a fisherman. God made him a fisher of men and the leader of the church in Jerusalem.
It would appear as though God is in this business of Reversal of Fortune, doesn’t it? In my own life: I was a wounded, insecure, shy girl who grew up in a dysfunctional home without a dad, and God made me a Christian author.
God has a reversal of fortune planned for your life. If you haven’t already experienced it, it’s coming. I guarantee it. You are no less important to Him than any of those people in the Bible. He has placed you on earth at this time for a reason. To do something big! But God won’t just dump your destiny in your lap. He requires something from you in return. If you study the lives of the people I listed above, you’ll notice they each had two things in common.
Faith
Surrender
In other words, obedience and trust. What a small price to pay to reverse your destiny!
MaryLu Tyndall