1. Rejoice in the Lord Always

2. Step By Step O God, You are my God, And I will ever praise You! O God, You are my God, And I will ever praise You!

3. I will seek You in the morning And I will learn to walk in Your way; And step by step You’ll lead me And I will follow You all of my days.

4. O God, You are my God, And I will ever praise You! O God, You are my God, And I will ever praise You!

5. I will seek You in the morning And I will learn to walk in Your way; And step by step You’ll lead me And I will follow You all of my days.

6. I will seek You in the morning And I will learn to walk in Your way; And step by step You’ll lead me And I will follow You all of my days.

7. God Moves God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.

8. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His race; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.

9. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour; The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.

10. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.

11.  What little details or circumstances are or are not transpiring in your life that might have a significant impact on your future?  The point is that God is the God of details and is sovereign over every circumstance of our lives

12.  How did his man end up in Susa the capital city of Persia some 120 miles east of Babylon?  Indeed God is always behind the SEEN! In fact, v.21ff, in the right place at the right time!

13.  Are you seeing some temporal circumstance that is causing you great consternation, disturbing your inner peace, making it difficult to rest in Jesus? May God use the truth of this little book of Esther to allow you to see the temporal with eternal vision, with eyes fixed ultimately on Jesus the Author and Perfector of our faith.

14.  God’s hand is not so short that it cannot save, nor is His ear so heavy that He cannot hear.  Whether you see Him or not, He is at work in your life this very moment.  God specializes in turning the mundane into the meaningful.  God not only moves in unusual ways, He also moves on uneventful days.

15.  Can you see the sovereign hand God moving in the background of these events?  Can you see the sovereign hand God moving in the background of your life?  Start watching!!