photo by Dee Kamp
A God Stop Moment
“So Haman took the robes and put them on Mordecai, placed him on the king’s own horse, and led him through the city square, shouting, “This is what the king does for someone he wishes to honor!” Esther 6:11 NLT
What does a verse in Ester 6:11 have in common with a story I heard on the news last night? I didn’t have long to wait, God was going to show me in a way I call, a God Stop Moment.
God stop moments, are those times when one is reading the Bible and ready to move on to the next verse when suddenly you sense you must stop right where you are. God has something special He wants you understand, and you can go on no further until you do.
Today, to my amazement, it was in the Old Testament story about Ester, or rather about her Uncle Mordecai. You see Mordecai had warned there was a plot to kill King Xerxes many years before, but no one gave him credit or honor for saving the king’s life.
Years later God brought this oversight to the king’s attention and the king gave an order that very day to bring public honor for Mordecai. He ordered this celebration to be carried out by the very man who had been making plans to kill Mordecai!
Our God is still faithful today to turn around what was meant for harm to the good, to give justice and honor where it has been over looked. And the Lord used Ester and a recent news story to point this out to me.
The television news story told how a woman finally received her high school diploma ―fifty years late. Our King chose to bring honor to her now for being unjustly expelled from high school back then, only weeks before her graduation, because she suddenly found herself pregnant. God didn’t choose this to be done in a letter in the mail, no, He chose her to be honored on national television for the whole world to see!
God never forgets an injustice, His mercies and unfailing love never fail. His timing is perfect. He steps in when it will do the most good, to bring all glory and honor to Him.
When we feel the nudge to stop, an urge to pause in the Word of God, it’s the best blessing ever, for it’s sure to be -a God stop moment.
“God Stop Moment” by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© August 19, 2014
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