Why are you in the kingdom?

September 23, 2008


The life of Esther is an interesting read. She made one mistake, but learned through the council of her uncle and corrected it. Her learning from her mistake saved the Jewish race.

If anyone had a right to bask in the glory of being the new queen it was Esther. She had a hard life. Her parents died when she was young. She was raised by an uncle. She and her people were in exile from their own land. Then she was forced into a beauty pageant against her will. She did win the pageant and was crowned the queen. Through some problems not of her own making, in fact caused by the same uncle who raised her, all the Jewish people were about to be killed. Nobody knew she was a Jew, not even her husband the king. When her uncle comes to ask her help her reply is:

Esther 4:10-11 BBE
(10) Then Esther sent Hathach to say to Mordecai:
(11) It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.

Esther was acting in fear. She wanted to live her life and not worry about anyone else. Can we fault her about it? No, we might just want to do the same. She did not think about what would happen if her secret got out though. And she had not thought that her life was not as important as the millions of Jewish people.

Her uncle wisely advised her that maybe she was put in as queen just to take care of this situation. She wisely sought God and then walked in faith.In the end, the Jewish people were spared.

What do you do in a situation that requires your faith? Do you wonder if it is the right thing to do? Do you shy away from it because you want your life to be just right? Or have you come into the kingdom for such a time as this?


Read through the Bible in historical order
Today
Esther 1:1-5:14
Tomorrow
Esther 6:1-10:3
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