This week, co-lead pastor Ricky Kennedy continued in our Esther sermon series with Esther 9:1-19. In these verses, the new edict from Mordecai allows the Jews to defend themselves against their enemies, and God's people triumph over them. Queen Esther even asks for the fighting to continue on a second day. This event leads to the Jewish celebration of Purim.

The question we ask in these verses is: Are you certain that God is at work in your life? No matter who you are, someone is following you—where are you leading them? The Bible shares with us dark moments of people's sin—even Israel's leaders. But we don't look to any of these people for ultimate guidance; we look to God. And even in God's supposed silence (like in the book of Esther), we can know that he is working in the backgroound.