Heavenly Father, thank You for the amazing book of Esther and the wonderful way we see God's plans and purposes being quietly carried out through everyday circumstances, in order 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 may 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.