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Esther, chapter 6, verse 7.

And Haman said to the king, for the man whom the king delights to honor.

So Haman says this to the king, thinking that the king is going to honor him

without getting into the rest of the story right now. That's not actually what ends up

happening. But the whole picture here, when I read this verse, that I want to lead us to pray

according to is the reality, the biblical truth, that the king's heart is ultimately in the hands

of God. We see that truth clearly, probably, chapter 21, verse 1, the king's heart is in the hand

of the Lord and he moves it wherever he wills. And so as we see in Esther, chapter 6,

Haman talking about what the king's heart is going to decide to do. It's a good reminder

to all of us that ultimately the hearts of kings are in the hands of God. There is no king in

this world, no ruler in this world, no president in this world that is ultimately sovereign over

anything. Ultimately, our king, the God we're about to pray to, is sovereign over everything. Now

there's obviously mystery to how all of this plays out as kings do all sorts of things sinful,

pagan, evil kings, not just today, but in the Old Testament doing all sorts of things.

But the constant reminder and encouragement we have in God's Word is that ultimately God is king

sovereign over at all. And so we pray, oh God, you are the king, capital K king, to whom all kings

will one day bow all presidents will one day bow all queens all rulers all dictators all

generals and commanders and people with all kinds of positions every knee will bow and heaven on

earth and under the earth every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord is king overall. And so we

take our rightful place today at your feet we bow before you are our hearts are lives we say

you are the king and we are so glad you're the king you're the king of our hearts the king of our

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