Welcome to Pomoja Podcast, a ministry of Life
of Christ International Ministries, where we
build stronger lives, deeper faith, and Christ
-centered homes through biblical teaching, practical
wisdom, and life -changing conversations. I'm
your host, Barry Mwamba. Today, we continue our
conversation about one of the most beautiful
truths found throughout the Scriptures, the providence
of God, His invisible hand quietly directing
history, while ordinary people simply believe
they're living another ordinary day. So far,
We've discovered that God works through betrayal.
Joseph. We've discovered that God works through
waiting. Moses. We've discovered that God often
hides great assignments inside ordinary responsibilities.
David. We've discovered that sometimes our calling
begins with a burden. Nehemiah. Today, I want
to take you even deeper because there are moments
in life when it feels as though heaven has gone
silent. No answers. No miracles. No open doors.
No explanation. Just silence. What do you do
when God seems silent? There is one book in the
Bible that has always fascinated me, the book
of Esther. Do you know what's remarkable about
it? God's name never appears. Not once. No miracle.
No prophet. No burning bush. No angel. No audible
voice. Nothing. If someone were reading the story
quickly, they might conclude that God is absent.
But the more carefully you read, the more you
realize He is everywhere. You just have to learn.
to recognize his fingerprints. Think about it.
A Jewish orphan is raised by her cousin Mordecai.
She becomes queen. Not because she planned it.
Not because she campaigned for it. Not because
she dreamed of becoming queen. She simply found
herself where Providence had placed her. Then,
a wicked man named Haman develops a plan to destroy
every Jew. Suddenly, everything that once seemed
disconnected begins coming together. The orphan.
The palace. The crown. Mordecai. The king. Every
chapter had been preparing for one moment. Then
Mordecai says words that echo through history.
Who knows whether you have come to the kingdom
for such a time as this? I love that verse because
it reminds me that purpose is often discovered
looking backward more than looking forward. Esther
didn't know why life had unfolded the way it
had until the moment arrived. Perhaps someone
listening today is asking, Lord, why am I here?
Why this job? Why this city? Why this season?
Can I encourage you? Don't judge your story before
God finishes writing it. Then there is Ruth,
another ordinary woman, another ordinary day,
another ordinary decision. She wakes up simply
looking for food. The Bible says she happened
to come to the part of the field belonging to
Boaz. She happened? Really? From our perspective,
perhaps. From heaven's perspective, absolutely
not. She wasn't looking for Boaz. She was looking
for grain. God was doing both. She saw food.
God saw a future husband. She saw survival. God
saw the lineage through which King David and
eventually Jesus Christ would come into the world.
Think about that. While Ruth was gathering grain,
God was writing redemption history. That is providence.
How many moments in our own lives feel completely
ordinary while heaven is accomplishing something
extraordinary? One phone call, one interview,
one invitation, one delay, one unexpected friendship.
One conversation. Years later, you look back
and realize that moment changed everything. I've
come to believe something. God rarely wastes
introductions. The people He allows into your
life, the doors He opens, the doors He closes,
the burdens He gives you, the opportunities He
places before you, they are often connected long
before you understand how. We usually understand
providence looking backward, rarely while living
it. There is something else I want you to notice.
Esther never received a burning bush. Ruth never
received an angel. Nehemiah never witnessed fire
falling from heaven. Yet every one of them walked
in God's will. Why? Because God is not limited
to spectacular moments. Sometimes He leads through
scripture. Sometimes through prayer. Sometimes
through wisdom. Sometimes through conviction.
Sometimes through a burden that refuses to leave
your heart. Jesus said, my sheep hear my voice.
Most believers will never hear an audible voice
from heaven, but every believer who remains close
to the shepherd can learn to recognize his leading.
The more time you spend in God's Word, the more
familiar his heart becomes. The more time you
spend in prayer, the more sensitive your spirit
becomes. The more you pursue holiness, the easier
it becomes to recognize the direction of the
Holy Spirit. You may not always hear thunder,
but you will learn to recognize the shepherd.
Let's talk about two more women who experienced
exceptionally God's providence. The first one
is Rahab. Rahab's life story is one of those
stories almost nobody would expect God to use.
When we first meet Rahab, she isn't living the
kind of life anyone would admire. Jericho is
under judgment. Israel is approaching. Everything
around her is about to collapse. Then two spies
arrive at her house. Was that coincidence? Out
of all the homes in Jericho, Why hers? Because
Providence had already gone before them. Rahab
made one decision. She chose faith. She believed
in the God of Israel before she had ever seen
the Red Sea, before she had crossed the Jordan,
before she had witnessed a miracle herself. She
believed simply because she recognized that the
hand of God was moving. She hid the spies, hung
a scarlet cord from her window. When the walls
of Jericho fell, One house remained standing.
Think about that. The entire city collapsed.
One family was preserved. Not because Rahab had
a perfect past, but because God had already written
a future greater than her past. Then something
remarkable happened. Rahab didn't simply survive.
She became part of Israel. She married. She became
the mother of Boaz. The same Boaz who would one
day marry Ruth. And generations later, her name
appears. in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Who
could have imagined that? A woman from Jericho
becoming part of the family line of the Messiah.
Tell me, was that coincidence? No, that is providence.
God specializes in rewriting stories. Then there
is Hannah. Her story begins not with victory,
but with tears. Year after year, she prayed.
Year after year, she waited. Year after year,
She watched someone else receive what she longed
for. Have you ever prayed and wondered if heaven
was listening? Hannah knew that feeling. She
didn't stop praying. She didn't stop worshiping.
She kept bringing her pain into the presence
of God. Then one day, God answered. Not simply
because Hannah wanted a child, but because heaven
was preparing a prophet. Samuel wasn't only an
answer to Hannah's prayer. Hannah was God's answer
to Israel. Think about that. While Hannah thought
God was delaying her blessing, God was preparing
a leader who would anoint kings, guide a nation,
and change Israel's history. Sometimes our prayers
are connected to purposes much bigger than ourselves.
We ask God for one thing. He sees generations.
We see today's pain. He sees tomorrow's harvest.
That is Providence. When I look across the scriptures,
I no longer see isolated stories. I see one author,
one hand, one purpose. Joseph, Moses, David,
Nehemiah, Esther, Ruth, Rahab, Hannah. Different
people, different generations, different circumstances,
yet one invisible hand guiding them all. The
same God who quietly guided them is quietly guiding
you. Perhaps that's the greatest miracle of all.
Not that God speaks loudly. but that he walks
closely. Not that he explains everything, but
that he never leaves. His presence is often greater
than his explanations, because explanations answer
questions. His presence gives peace. Before we
close, I want to leave you with this thought.
Maybe today, your life feels like Esther's. You
know God has placed you somewhere, but you still
don't understand why. Perhaps you're asking,
Lord, what is my purpose in this season? Or perhaps,
Your life feels like Ruth's. You're simply trying
to be faithful, putting one foot in front of
the other, doing ordinary things, not realizing
that heaven is quietly writing an extraordinary
story. Maybe you feel like Rahab. When you look
at your past, you wonder whether God could ever
use someone like you. You see your failures.
God sees your future. You remember where you've
been. God is already preparing where he's taking
you. The God of Providence. specializes in rewriting
stories. And maybe your heart feels like Hannah's.
You've prayed. You've waited. You've cried. You've
watched others receive what you've been asking
God for. You wonder if heaven has forgotten your
name. But Hannah reminds us that God's delays
are not God's denials. Sometimes, while we're
praying for a blessing, God is preparing a purpose
far greater than we can imagine. Can I remind
you that God's silence has never meant God's
absence? Just because you cannot see his hand
doesn't mean he has stopped writing your story.
The author never loses the plot. And if you belong
to Christ, your life is not a collection of random
events. It is a story being written by the faithful
hand of a sovereign God. Next time, we'll discover
perhaps the greatest demonstration of God's providence
ever revealed. We'll follow Paul through prisons,
shipwrecks, and trials. Then we'll stand at Calvary
where what appeared to be history's greatest
tragedy became heaven's greatest victory. Because
if God can transform a cross into salvation,
imagine what he can do with your story. Until
next time, keep trusting him. Keep walking by
faith. And remember, God is still working, even
when heaven seems silent. He is preparing while
you are waiting. He is leading while you are
wondering. And one day, you'll discover that
nothing in the hands of God was ever wasted.
Together in faith, together in Christ.