Text: Revelation 3:11, Esther 7:9-8:2.
It is great folly to contend with God. This is why I pity those societies that have become anti-God and are challenging his commandments. God spoke about such people in Isaiah 45:9, saying:
" Wow unto him that strikes with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the Clay say to him that fashioneth it. What makes thou? or thy work, he hath no hands? "
God can enthrone and dethrone at will. He does whatever pleases Him. You are blessed when God acts positively towards you, but if he decides to move against you, pray for his mercy. The Bible in Daniel 2:21 says:
" And he change the the times and seasons: he remove the kings, and setteth up kings: he give them wisdom go the wise and knowledge to them that know understanding:"
It is a grievous experience when God decides to replace an individual. Haman the Agatite experienced this, and you can see the result in our Bible reading today. King Ahasuerus promoted Haman above all his fellow princes. However, he thought it was by his own making that the promotion came. Little did he know that promotion does not come from the east or west but from the Almighty God alone (psalm 75:6-7). So he began to misuse his highly exalted position to victimize the people of God. He continued to misbehave along this line until the Almighty God who ordained his promotion decided not to only demote him, but also to replace him. I pray for you as a child of God, that whosoever is using his or her position to victimize you shall be replaced in Jesus' Name.
For God not to replace you, you must learn from those He has replaced. You can be replaced if you don't make the best of the position of authority you are given to serve God's people. Beware of divine replacements because it can affect your future generations. Eli was replaced and his house lost the priesthood forever. God categorically said that although He was the one who said Eli's house would walk before him as priests forever. He had changed his mind about this (1 Samuel 2:30). Please run away from whatever will make God replace you. If you have some such things, you must repent quickly before he removes your candle stick (Revelation 2:5).
Prayer point
Dear Holy Spirit, nudge my heart away from doing anything that will make the father replace me in Jesus' Name.
