Life presents us with challenges that sometimes make us feel small and fragile. When we look at our dreams, goals, and businesses, it is easy to let doubts paralyze us. But there is a profound truth we need to understand: God believes in us far more than we believe in ourselves.
We are often weak, it is true. We face problems that seem greater than our ability to solve them. Our resources are limited, our strength is finite. And yet, God does not choose us for our strength. He chooses us for our faith. He chooses us because He knows that, when we acknowledge our weakness, we make room for His infinite power to act in our lives.
The story of Esther shows us this clearly. A young woman, an orphan, weak before the powers of the Persian court, is elevated to queen. Not by chance. Not by coincidence. God placed her in a place where she was needed, at the exact moment when His people needed to be saved. Esther discovered that her weakness was not an impediment — it was the perfect stage for God to demonstrate His power and His providence.
It is the same with us. Our businesses, our dreams, our lives do not depend solely on our abilities. They depend on the faith we place in the One who is infinitely greater than all our problems. The Psalmist understood this deeply when he wrote: "My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken." Confidence does not lie in ourselves, but in Him.
God loves a weak people full of problems. That is His people. He does not expect us to be perfect to love us. He does not expect us to have all the answers to guide us. His compassion is infinite, and His protection is certain. When we remain firm in faith, when we trust solely in Him, we discover that our weakness turns into strength.
The truth is that the weak are also a refuge — a refuge in God. When we understand that our salvation does not come from ourselves, but from Him, when we place all our trust in His hands, we find peace that transcends all understanding. Our dreams are not unachievable. Our businesses are not destined for failure. Our goals are not in vain. But they will only truly be achieved when we submit them to the will of the One who loves us infinitely.
Have faith. God believes in you. He sees the strength that you often cannot see in yourself. Your salvation is certain, and His blessing is secure for all who trust in Him.
Now I leave here noted the passage of Esther 2: "This is to remember that when we are weak; there is someone stronger hidden behind our essence, our persistence, your faith in God, and your life purpose!"
A threatened people: God hides in the strength of the weak.
Some time later, when the king’s fury had subsided, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and the decree he had published against her. Then the king’s attendants said, "Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king. Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all the beautiful young women to the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women, and let beauty treatments be given to them. Then the young woman who pleases the king most shall be queen instead of Vashti." This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.
Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jehoiachin king of Judah. Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died. When the king’s order and edict had been proclaimed, many young women were brought to the citadel of Susa and put under the care of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the king’s palace and entrusted to Hegai, who had charge of the harem. She pleased him and won his favor. Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food. He assigned to her seven female attendants selected from the king’s palace and moved her and her attendants into the best place in the harem. Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so. Every day he paced back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her. Before a young woman’s turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women: six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes and cosmetics. And this is how she would go to the king: anything she wanted was given her to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace. In the evening she would go there and in the morning return to another part of the harem to the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he was pleased with her and summoned her by name. When the turn came for Esther (the young woman Mordecai had adopted, the daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go to the king, she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the women, suggested. And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her. She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal residence in the tenth month, the month of Tebet, in the seventh year of his reign. Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. And the king gave a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his nobles and officials. He proclaimed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.
End.
I also want to leave noted Psalm 62. To show how great God's love is.
Psalm 62 - God is power and love: My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence? Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them. One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: "Power belongs to you, God, and with you, Lord, is unfailing love"; and, "You reward everyone according to what they have done."
Sincerely, Maria Gabriela S. Cazulli.