There is place for everyone in the will of God but not always in His presence

      As I was working today, the Holy Spirit laid a word upon my heart that caused me to stop and really think about what He was saying to me. The word was relevant to a situation I was (am) praying about in regards to my own personal life as well as professionally and spiritually. The word dropped in my heart like a weight.....There is place for EVERYONE in the will of God but not always in the presence of God. Allow me to unpack that a bit.
      There are times in life where God arranges situations and circumstances to buffer things off of us to make us better, and other times where He uses them to propel us into our purpose. Every great person in the Bible was placed into their position by an opposing force, a person God used to set into motion the seemingly negative circumstances that deposited them into their destiny. For example-
Moses had Pharaoh
Daniel had the other governors and leaders
Joseph had his brothers AND Potiphar's wife
Esther had Vashti AND Haman
AND OF COURSE JESUS HIMSELF HAD JUDAS
       All of these counter parts set up the other to be in position as vessels of honor by being vessels of dishonor, as those mentioned in 2 Timothy 2:20. Without the divine set-up, if you will, and the seemingly negative circumstances surrounding these people in their time of propulsion they may not have made it to the mark. God allowed there to be particular circumstances to be set into motion surrounding the would be victors that, should they have responded in a differing manner, may have shifted things in the opposing direction, Jesus realized that Judas was simply serving a purpose by betraying Him. While we all realize He is the son of God and therefore possessed supernatural power and purpose, He was also at one point wholly human, and prayed the course of His purpose to shifted, were it possible. Judas, by way of his betrayal, and subsequent 'sale' of Jesus to the Pharisees ensured the plan of God was seen through to completion. The same is true for Joseph with his brothers, and the rest. We will try everything within our power to wriggle out of uncomfortable situations, ones that push us out from the safety of the shore out into the great unknown, situations that cause us to feel betrayed, abandoned and rejected. We will try all we know to somehow work out in our minds that God's will for our lives includes Him wanting us to be happy, but we have to understand that our happiness will ALWAYS come second in line to God's Holiness and His will, and sometimes God has to use people to ensure we reach our purpose.
      Considering all things, we have to be sure we learn from the example of Esther in dealing with Haman, waiting on the proper and wise time to put him into his place. If she had moved too quickly the King's heart may not have been inclined to let make her petition, and even more importantly Haman would not have had time to build the very gallows that would later be his final stop this side of eternity. More importantly we must learn from the example of Jesus in His treatment of Judas even after it was revealed that he was the very one that would betray Him. Jesus still sat at the same table, broke bread with and even washed the very feet of the one that would solidify His place on the cross. Judas had the opportunity to walk side by side with the Master, to glean from His wisdom and partake of His greatest blessings but chose rather to be used a vessel of dishonor in the will of God removing himself from the presence of God.
      We are called to respond in love to all situations and glorify God in all because even the ones that hurt, especially the ones that hurt the most are the ones with the greatest rocket fuel to launch us to our purpose.