January 04, 2024
Daily Devotion:
"Our God Can Change the Heart"
Esther 8:1-2
New International Version
8 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. 2 The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.
The king's heart becomes soft in the hands of the Lord. Just for a moment, imagine another name in that proverb in place of "the king." Someone who is giving you grief,
perhaps. It may be one of your own grown, wayward children. Maybe it's someone who represents a formidable presence. Someone who haunts you and maybe wishes to bring you down. Stubborn person, right? Strong-hearted individual, correct? Imagine that heart that is so hard, so granite like, changing into soft in the hands of the Lord. It's possible! There is no heart so stubborn that it cannot become breakable in the hands of the Lord.
There is no wall so strong that Almighty God is not stronger still. There is no will so stubborn that He
is not able to soften it. God can change the heart; He can change any heart—any heart! You who live your days intimidated and threatened, anxious over the falling of the next shoe, listen to this counsel! God is able to take the heart of anyone and change it, just as He did with the heart of this king.
