Great stories don't just entertain.

They tell the truth about how things ought to end.

And the book of Esther ends exactly right.

Yes, remarkably, the book concludes without mentioning her name.

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck's Wendall concludes his

12-part series on Esther, a woman of strength and dignity. He's teaching from the final three

verses of Esther, a passage as brief as it is profound. In these three verses, Chuck identifies

three timeless principles that reveal what it looks like

when God truly wins.

Let's pick up the study now in Esther chapter 10.

Mordecai has been promoted by the king.

We now have a Jew who is second in command, according

to verse three, second only to King Ahazueris. That brings me to the first of three observations

which yield three principles that I want to focus most of our attention on today. The first observation

is this. The one who is exalted to the place of authority in Persia is surprising. Who would

have ever guessed that a one-time Jewish anonymous gatekeeper would now be nobility. That leads us to the first principle.

When God wins, the people he uses are often unexpected. You question that? Look around. As Paul writes to the Corinthians, not many

mighty, not many noble, not many blue bloods are chosen. He has chosen the off-scowring.

And in the world's eyes, I suppose we could say losers to carry the torch of the cross.

Let's go to a second observation from this same verse.

The one who is promoted bears the marks of true humility.

He doesn't seem to have a kingly style about him. He doesn't fit well on a throne. He doesn't

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