The God of detail

Scripture Read: Esther 6:3-9 The king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” Then the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.” ⁴ So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared for him. ⁵ The king’s servants said to him, “Behold, Haman is standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.” ⁶ So Haman came in and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?” And Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?” ⁷ Then Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king desires to honor, ⁸ let them bring a royal robe which the king has worn, and the horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown has been placed; ⁹ and let the robe and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble princes and let them array the man whom the king desires to honor and lead him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor.’ ”   

Application: Timing, timing, timing!! The scriptures constantly make this point about how important timing is. How many of us live life so unconsciously that we miss seeing the hand of God in the issues of our life. We say we were lucky, or what a coincidence! We knock on wood or thank our lucky stars. Failing all the while that perhaps, unseen to the blind eye or unheard by the deaf ear, our Maker is at work in every scene. 

It is man that has portrayed our Lord as a God that is too busy, and only involved in the BIG things of this world. The scripture does not portray our God in such a way. Why do we? There are several reasons. 1) Just plain old sinful independence. We don’t want someone involved in our affairs unless they are invited. If God really is intimately connected to our life in every way then we cannot do whatever we want without accountability. So if we make You, Lord only involved in the “special peoples” lives, we can do what we want. How sad. 2) We make You Lord nothing more than a glorified human being, much like the Greeks and Romans did. A “superhuman”, still human, limited and flawed. Even superman had kryptonite! There has to be a weakness – because to be anything close to human requires those limits. The problem is that You, God, Who is above all gods, is not that in essence. Yes, You took on flesh, but the incarnation was not because of a limit to Your power – if anything it displays how powerful You are. Even C.S. Lewis, before he was a believer said that this was one of the difficulties he had believing in You Lord. If Jesus was God in flesh, while on earth, who ran the universe? In his own words he states how he was limited in his understanding because he tried to make You into someone he could comprehend. We cannot ever fully grasp You! Therefore, even though it appears impossible to do, our one God can be intimately involved with 6 billion plus humans! So when things “just happen” perfectly – perhaps we need to slow down to look for Your fingerprints!

Meditation Questions: What kinds of things do you talk to God about? Only “Big Ticket” items? Do your small issues matter to Him? Is your life moving so fast that you do not have time to evaluate your day and consider, what happened? Why? Who was involved? Did God do something? Do you believe God desires to be involved in the details of your day? What does that say? How should that affect you?