The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord

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SUMMARY: The Book of Esther shows how the spiritual movement of God prevails over political and governmental power. Proverbs 21:1 reminds us that the king's heart is in the hands of the Lord, and He directs it wherever He pleases. As a Latino community, we have a role to play in intercession and mediating the presence of God in our nation. We should also be involved in society and make our presence felt in political structures. Our faith should never be in a party or person, but in God who can change hearts and countries. We need to pray for immigration reform and acknowledge that God is the God of justice, mercy, and grace. We place our hope in Him for a just and generous change in the situation of immigrants in the United States. We pray for a move of providence and divine power and mercy so that we can give God all the honor and glory.

When I was asked about sharing tonight, the Book of Esther came to my mind and the story that she lived. The connection that I make is that if you read the Book of Esther it’s about a time when the power takes of the nation at that time the governmental direction was going in one direction. But along with this political drama or line or history, or movement, there’s a parallel movement, the spiritual movement of God that also begins to work at the same time at another level.

The whole book of Esther shows how we see the spiritual dynamic that prevails over political and governmental power. And that’s why we are here tonight, we believe that the power of God is far stronger than any political or governmental power, that there’s another power available to the people of God.