Do you know those nights when the pillow feels too hard, the silence too loud, and you get up and sit in an empty room staring at a bare wall? This sermon walks through the book of Esther (Esther 5-7), where a death decree hangs over a whole people, Haman spends the night building a huge stake for Mordecai, and on that very night sleep escapes the king. The speaker shows that God makes himself present not only through miracles, but also through strange coincidences and through people who fight for what is right despite their helplessness. Listen if you are asking today where God is while evil unfolds around you.
When Sleep Won’t Come at Night
The Absent One
God is invisible-we know that, but sometimes we also fail to see His hand at work in our daily lives and wonder if He truly rules this world. The Book of Esther is the only book in the Bible in which the word “God” does not appear, and yet it is hard not to notice that everything that happens there is under His control. It is a remarkable book describing very ordinary and imperfect people who, despite their shortcomings, played an important role in God’s plans. This is possible for us, too.
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