You're listening to the 10 Minute Bible Hour Podcast, where we do fast, fun, free, daily

deep dives into books of the Bible.

And right now, we're going through Esther.

You ever met somebody who just always seems to know when to do something?

Like lots of people know what to do, right?

But knowing what to do when seems to be the knack that only a few people have, and

I super admire people who have this skill set that is not my gift, but I really enjoy

watching people who can just read a situation really well.

And no, if I act five minutes ago, that wasn't going to work.

If I act five minutes from now, it's not going to work.

The timing on this thing that needs to be done is now, and they go and they always seem

to get it right.

I got a sneak in suspicion that every single person in history, whose last name is the

great, probably had that skill set.

I know the one we're talking about today did Cyrus, the second of Persia or Cyrus,

the great, this guy from long before he ever became King of the whole world.

He had a knack for knowing what to do and exactly when to do it.

Cyrus, the second, the great was born, probably right around 600 BC.

So just about the time that things were really shaken out after the big fight between the

Meads and the Babylonians and the Assyrians and the Egyptians, Nebuchadnezzar is a young

brand new king at this point that often the little corner of the world down in modern

day, southeastern Iran is born, this kid, Cyrus, the second, the great.

...