We see God’s hand against evil throughout history. In the last century, Adolf Hitler proclaimed a one-thousand-year Reich that lasted twelve years. Isaiah 66:2, “My (God’s) hands have made both heaven and earth; they and everything in them are mine. I, the Lord, have spoken! “I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word.” [1]
The Lord is all-powerful, all-knowing, and omnipresent, and His hands are on the lives of people and nations. In the days of Noah, an evil world was about to overwhelm humanity. But God’s hand against evil sent a great flood. Noah and his family would begin again as the only family on earth as the evil around them suddenly ended.
The evil Assyrian army threatened Jerusalem during the days of Hezekiah until the Lord answered the King’s prayers. Isaiah 37:36 That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere. [2]
God’s Hand Against Haman
Haman, second to King Xerxes in authority in the Persian empire, developed a plan to kill all the Jews because Mordecai, a Jew, would not bow down to him. Haman told the king certain people did not keep the king’s laws and should be destroyed, and the king agreed.
Through the hand of God, just at the right time, Mordecai was honored by the King. Mordecai had warned of an assassination plot five years earlier and the king had delayed his reward. Haman desired to hang Mordecai, but instead, the king commanded Haman to honor Mordecai publicly in the capital city square.
Esther 6:12 Afterward Mordecai returned to the palace gate, but Haman hurried home dejected and completely humiliated. 13 When Haman told his wife, Zeresh, and all his friends what had happened, his wise advisers and his wife said, “Since Mordecai—this man who has humiliated you—is of Jewish birth, you will never succeed in your plans against him. It will be fatal to continue opposing him.” [3]
God’s Hand is Still Against Evil
The world in which we live seems to be in the grips of evil, but we can be sure the hand of God is at work in the world. People worldwide are praying for God to raise up Godly leaders for their nations. Psalm 34:17 The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles.[4] The Bible tells us clearly that the Lord will destroy the wicked. Psalm 92:7 Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.[5]
As we focus on the Lord, He gives us His perspective. He is for us, loves us, died for us, and in the end, will destroy our enemies. Never lose heart, for the Lord is with you. To learn about God’s hand against evil, listen here:
[1-5] Tyndale House Publishers. (2015). Holy Bible: New Living Translation. Tyndale House Publishers.
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