Psalm 35: 7-9 ‘For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation’

• DAILY READING – Mark 5:1-20; 2 Samuel 13; Daniel 7

The feast of Purim is a widely celebrated Jewish holiday. This holiday which is celebrated annually according to the Hebrew calendar on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar, commemorates the saving of the Jews from Haman, who was planning to annihilate them. According to the Book of Esther, Haman, royal vizier to King Ahasuerus  planned to kill all the Jews in the empire, but his plans backfired against him.

Esther, though a queen was a strategic prayer warrior who knew what Spiritual warfare was all about. Esther pronounced a 3-day fast to pray against the plot of Haman, and then began to act according to the divine wisdom she received. By divine mercy she was able to convince the King to reverse Haman’s evil agenda. The tables were turned against Haman and his evil plan turned around to become his own portion.  And the day the Jews were meant to have been killed rather became their day of deliverance, feasting and rejoicing.

This story is a Biblical example of how prayer and fasting can work to reverse an outcome and also work to backfire against the plans of the wicked. Today, there may be some Hamans in your life trying to plot against you and your divine destiny, but just as God turned the tables against Haman, so shall the table be turned against every enemy of our destiny.  The same thing will also happen to every Haman plotting against our nation. Every evil agenda will backfire and God’s people will be delivered in Jesus Name.

Psalm 35: 7-9 says ‘For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation’

Indeed the evil plots of the wicked will fall upon their own heads.  Because like Esther, we have engaged the strategic weapon of prayer and fasting, God will arise for our help. The God who never sleeps nor slumbers but watches over Israel, will fight for His people. And rather than what the enemy planned, the opposite will happen.

Exodus 15:3,6 says  ‘The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is His name … Your Right Hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.”

Indeed God will fight for His people and give us definite deliverance from every evil plot. What we have to do is to maintain an attitude of praise, as we watch God do what He has said He will do.

PRAYER: Lord, I thank You that what the enemy meant for evil You have turned all around for my good. Indeed You have given me beauty for ashes, and turned my mourning into dancing. Thank You Lord, for reversing every evil plot to my favour in Jesus Name.

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The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained  a victorious end for you.  WORDBITE 222.