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Go Again: He is God
of the ‘Second Time Around’
You
can receive your own word to ‘go again’ - it’s not about your performance, or your
history - it’s about His character, His faithfulness - it’s not about what you
have done - it’s about what Jesus has done - your God is the God of the
second time around
Helen
Calder
Today’s word of prophetic encouragement is for
those of you who feel you have missed an opportunity.
· You may
be in transition and wondering why a particular promise from God, or your
destiny, has not been fulfilled in this past season
· Perhaps
you (or others) have made a mistake and you feel as though you have missed out
on God’s best
Your
Father wants you to know that He has not forgotten you — and that another
opportunity lies ahead.
Esther
Overcame the Enemy
Recently God spoke to me from
the book of Esther.
Queen Esther finds out of
a plot to slaughter her people, the Jews. So, she invites her husband, the King
of Persia, and the enemy of her people, Haman — who is the king’s official — to
a banquet.
At the climax of the
story, there is a powerful moment, when Esther reveals the plot, along with the
wickedness of Haman, to the king at a private banquet.
As a result, Haman and
his plans are overthrown.
· Did you
know that the banquet where Esther overcame the enemy, was not the first
banquet she held? It was a second banquet.
One banquet, one day, one
opportunity came and went, without the critical matter of lives at stake being
addressed. (Esther 5)
Between
the Banquets
I wonder, what was Esther
thinking on the night after that first banquet, that night in-between?
There is nothing in
Scripture to suggest that there is anything other than the poise and wisdom and
courage that Esther showed.
However, I know what
would be happening if it was me. There is often a battle in our
minds, on our journey towards faith:
· What
were you thinking?
· The
King says, ‘ask me anything’, and you say nothing? Just invite him back to
another banquet?
· You
had the opportunity, and you blew it!
And after all the should
have’s, come the what if’s:
· What
if something happens, and the King, or Haman, can’t make it tomorrow. Where
will you be then?
· What’s
your backup plan?
We do not know the
details of what Esther went through. But we do know that when Esther got up the
next morning, it was her time to go again.
During that second banquet, the
moment that Esther did not take up the day before came up again.
And Esther seized that moment
for the enemy’s downfall and the salvation of her people.
The timing was perfect.
For
Such as Time as This
The
powerful catch phrase of the book of Esther is this: ‘Who knows
whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?’ (Esther 4:14b)
For such a time as this.’ It is the Bible version of our saying ‘carpe diem’; a Latin phrase meaning, ‘seize the day’.
God
wants you to know that today is the day to begin again.
His mercies are new every
morning
Right now, you may be
‘between the banquets’.
Your time of transition
is a time to refocus, to receive the gift of fresh passion, enthusiasm, your second wind from God.
It is time to press in to the
vision God has given to you again.
God of
the Second Chance
He is not only ‘God of the
second time around’. He is the God of the second chance, when you have missed
it or failed.
Ask Jonah. God called him
to preach a message, and he set off as fast as he could go in the opposite
direction. He was thrown out of a boat in a storm and swallowed by a fish.
Like Jonah, you may feel
as though you have been chewed up, spat out, and washed up.
You may not even feel as
though you deserve a second chance. But He is a God of grace. And He is coming
through for you.
We read
about Jonah, ‘The word of the Lord came a second time.’ (Jonah 3:1)
God gave him a second
chance.
Today,
you can receive your own word to ‘go again.’
·
It’s
not about what you have done. It’s about what Jesus has done
Your God is the God of the
second time around.
Choose
Your Story… Change Your Life.
· Have
you ever felt as though your life is stuck in a pattern?
· Would
you like a clear, simple message to help yourself — and others — break free of
limitations and live your God-appointed destiny?
God has a story for your
life. It is the story of an abundant life — a life full of faith and purpose.
‘The script’ is any story-line
that is at work in your life, that is not in accordance with God’s Word — and
what He says about you.
In ‘The Script: Choose Your Story Change Your Life’ you will
learn:
·
What a script is, and
five ways it can come into operation
·
How to identify and
defeat a counterfeit script
·
How to identify and break
a generational storyline (curse)
·
How to replace the script
with God’s story for your life
In ‘The Script: Choose Your Story Change Your
Life’ I share my own testimony of breaking free from personal
and generational scripts, and encourage you to live a life empowered by the
Word of God.
To find out more about The Script eBook, click here.
Enliven Blog is authored by Helen Calder of Enliven
Ministries.
We are a prophetic ministry
based in Melbourne, Australia, in the David McCracken Ministries family.
Helen Calder began writing
blog posts in July 2009. Today, Enliven Blog is helping to empower, inspire and
mentor thousands of people globally.
The purpose of Enliven Blog is
to help prophetic people grow in their gifts of prophecy, discernment and
prayer.
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