Dear God, I find it peculiar that you are never mentioned in the book of Esther. No one ever prays to you. The author never mentions that you orchestrated any of the events in the book. Even the Jewish people are simply referred to as Jews and there isn’t any reference to them being “your people” or anything like that. It’s weird.

So where were you in this book? Where were you in this story? I think you are everywhere and it’s why people rarely notice that you aren’t explicitly mentioned. The implication of you is all over the place, but the author never refers to you at all. I wonder why they didn’t do it.

I guess I can see how the author missed you. There have been a lot of times in my life when you were there and I never acknowledged it. Try as I might to give you the credit for blessings our organization experiences, too much of it still ends up coming back to me. How many of us are guilty of that? We tell this remarkable story of your intervention, but we fail to ever include you in the story.

Father, help me to request your presence in my life and in my different situations. Help me to realize it is you when I see you move. And help me to tell others the story of your movement in a given situation. Father, I give you glory for the good that is in my life. I ask for your help in overcoming the challenges before me. Help to protect me from Satan’s traps and attacks. Guard my heart and keep it open to you and those around me. Love richly through me.