Do you ever find yourself wondering, “Where are you, God?” I think at various times in our lives, we all ask that question. We wonder if God sees our pain. We wonder if God is perhaps caught up with more important things than us and our lives. We wonder …
The book of Esther is fascinating for one simple reason: God is never mentioned by name. Not once. And yet, God’s presence is everywhere.
Timing lines up. People are positioned. Doors open at just the right moment. What looks like human coincidence begins to feel like divine providence.
Which is encouraging—because much of our lives feel like that.
We don’t always see obvious signs of God’s activity. Just one ordinary day after another, where we wonder if anything meaningful is happening or if God is listening.
Meanwhile, like a stage crew working behind the curtain, God is quietly arranging, nudging, preparing. You never see them, but the whole production depends on them.
Faith in the in-between trusts that God is active, even when He is subtle. And perhaps that’s part of what makes it faith.
Esther doesn’t get a burning bush or a Damascus vision. But there comes a day when a friend reminds her that her life has meaning, that there was, just perhaps, something she was born to do, and that, just perhaps, this was that time. The same may be true for each of us.
Thought to ponder: Where might God be at work in your life in ways that aren’t immediately visible?
Prayer: God, help me trust your unseen work. Give me faith to believe that you are moving, even when I cannot see your face or feel your hand. Amen.
