Welcome to the daily chizuk (encouragement). There is no greater joy in life than feeling the presence of the Shechinah (Divine Presence). Hashem is with us, but He is masked by Teva, by nature. On Purim we read Megillat Esther, which also means to reveal the hidden. Hashem's name is not in the Megillah, but He is there every step of the way. We all love the Megillah because it speaks to us. It's about finding Hashem in our everyday lives. People who feel Hashem in this world know that everything can always be done. They never lose hope because yeshuah (salvation) is Hashem.
In the Megillah we read that there was a decree to annihilate the Jews, and there was no way to overturn the decree because it was sealed. There was tzom uvechi u'misped (fasting, weeping, and lamentation). Rav Tzadok says, “There was mourning while they were still alive,” because it seemed like it was over. There was no way out. Salvation seemed impossible.
Rabbi Pincus put it into perspective. He said, “Imagine someone showed you this man, Haman, the most powerful man in the civilized world: Mishneh LaMelech, a prime minister of 127 provinces. He has the power of life and death in his hands. He controls treasuries. And imagine someone would tell you that within 24 hours this man will be hanging from that gallows. We would think he's crazy. And imagine they told you, ‘You see that guy, Mordechai, sitting on the floor, fasting for days, nearly collapsing from hunger, sitting in sackcloth and ashes on the floor mourning. And everyone knows there's a death sentence hanging over his head. There was already a gallows built, waiting for him.’ And they tell you that in 24 hours, he will be the most powerful man in all of the world. He will become Mishneh LaMelech. He will wear the royal clothing with a crown on his head. And these two awesome changes are going to both happen. And the same will happen. And the same will happen. In the same 24 hours, we would say it's impossible.”
Yet by Hashem, it's a davar pashut. It's nothing for him. If you have emunah (faith) in Hashem, you know that what was yesterday doesn't have to be the same today. And what is today doesn't have to be the same as tomorrow. May we all see the yeshuah of Hashem keheref ayin (in the blink of an eye). Amen.