Genesis 3:15 (ESV) – And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.
Summary of Esther: Through His providence and in keeping with His promises, God places Esther and Mordecai in positions of power to preserve His people and punish His enemies.
Haggai 2:10 (ESV) – On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Haggai:
Big Thought: Every day we choose the one we – ourselves, others or God. How we live out this answer determines which we’re on. The path we’re on determines our .
1. The Path to
a. Begins when we chase our own .
The antidote to our own is to chase the of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31 (ESV) – So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
b. Continues as we demand our own glory.
The antidote to our own is to ourselves.
c. Quickens when we try to force our glory after being denied our own glory.
The antidote to this is to .
2. When we our own glory, we are our own .
Proverbs 14:12 (ESV) – There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
Proverbs 16:25 (ESV) – There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
Left as masters of our own , we can all be and become the very of destruction.
3. The Path to .
Genesis 50:20 (ESV) – As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
Which path are you on?
Matthew 7:13-14 (ESV) – Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.