Heavenly Father, thank You for the amazing book of Esther and the wonderful way we see Your plans and purposes being quietly carried out in everyday circumstances, to forward Your sovereign will for the redemption of the world and the return of Christ to set up His eternal kingdom on earth. Thank You that there is nothing that can prevent Your eternal purposes from being fulfilled. I pray that I would die to my own desires and live for Your greater glory and that by Your grace, You would use me in the place in which I have been planted. This I ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.