How God Works

God has the power to do anything. Why does He use fallible people to accomplish His work?

In the book of Esther, when Haman was up to his tricks in setting up a scenario to slaughter the Jews, why didn’t God just zap Hamon and be done with it? Why did Esther have to go through all that work to become the King’s wife? Why all that preparation? Then she had to meet his approval. Why did God risk Esther being in the palace, when she was a Jew and the King’s right hand man wanted to slaughter the Jews? Why put the fate of His people into the hands of a very young impressionable girl? A girl who could decide at any minute to save her own skin and not worry about the greater good of all the people. A girl who had to risk her own life by approaching the king before she was asked to.

God spoke through Mordecai (a type of the Holy Spirit) to tell Esther what to do or say. Then Esther had a choice whether she would listen to Mordecai or do what she wanted.

An interesting fact about the story of Esther is that God’s name is never used in that story. Yet God is working throughout it.

Just like the story of Esther, God works the same in our own lives. He works quietly behind the scenes. We don’t see God or hear Him, yet the Bible tells us He is everywhere and knows all things. We can’t experience Him with any of our senses. Yet He is there, working.

When we pray for something, God doesn’t just zap that problem right out of our lives so we can move on. In fact, when we first pray for something, we often feel like nothing is happening. Our senses tell us nothing is happening.

What we don’t see is that God went right to work when we prayed. He knows exactly what to do to answer our prayers. And while He is working on your life, He is working and answering prayers in other people’s lives. He is working over here and over there, answering prayers.

We don’t see God, as He is changing or molding you. At the same time He is encouraging another soul or lifting someone up. Many times He uses each of us to affect others in whatever ways they need. Again, changing, molding, or encouraging each of His children.

We don’t see God affecting change all around us – in big ways and little ways. The Holy Spirit is whispering in people’s ears: “do this,” “go there,” or “say this.” And as each person obeys, the prayer is getting answered. Hindsight is 20/20. After we have come through, we look back and can see God’s fingerprints all over our lives.

That is how God works.