On May 10, 1940, during the Second World War, Nazi Germany launched its blitzkrieg against the low countries of Europe. In quick succession, Hitler’s forces overran France and Belgium and got set to take Britain. By late May, it looked as if Britain would fall because the only port left to the British was Dunkirk. Indeed, the German High Command was said to have declared: “The British Army is encircled, our troops are proceeding to its annihilation”. Britain’s God-believing monarch called for a day of prayers in the face of what looked like the country’s most awful defeat in her history. God heard their prayer, by controlling the weather. He caused a storm to descend in the Dunkirk region which saved the weary British armies from Nazi planes. Next, He calmed the sea to enable the yachts to transport troops from the beaches. These two strange weather conditions – the storm and the great calm - allowed the UK to stage a comeback and eventually win the war. The Book of Esther records a similar miraculous recovery by the Jews and Mordecai. The King’s right-hand man in Medo-Persia, Haman, had concluded a plan to hang Mordecai and destroy all the Jews. He got the king to decree the scheme into law which “no man .. may reverse” (Esther 8:8b). But God changed the decree to favor His people because “none can stay His hand or say unto Him, what doest thou?” (Daniel 4:35). And “who is he that saith and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?” (Lamentations 3:37). God didn’t command the death of Mordecai. Nor did He decree the elimination of the Jews. So the sweet end of the story was that Haman and his people who were the hunters ended up becoming the prey. That is usually the condition and fate of the enemies of God’s people. But God is watching over His own to convert negative circumstances around him into a positive one!
Posted on: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 06:30:38 +0000
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