Read: Esther 8:1-10:3; 1 Corinthians 12:27:13:13; Psalm 37:1-11; Proverbs 21:23-24
Today we see the turnaround that God did. What the enemy meant for harm, God meant for good. Xerxes gave Haman’s estate to Esther who gave it to Mordecai. He gave Haman’s position of honor to Mordecai but that was not enough. Even though Mordecai and Esther might have been saved, the Jewish nation was doomed for destruction in less than a year. Esther didn’t stop with her salvation, she put her life on the line again and petitioned for her people. Xerxes gave Mordecai the pen and told him to write the law to say whatever he wanted it to. So Mordecai wrote a letter saying that the Jews could defend themselves and fight and kill their enemies on the day appointed for their destruction.
We have petitioned for our nation and God is giving it back to us. We need to keep fighting and pressing in to getting laws that are godly and righteous. We need to be writing the laws. God is behind us. In our families, in the areas that the enemy has gotten a foothold, we need to write the laws of our family. “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” We need to stand against what the enemy has always done and gotten away with and say, “No more!”
Esther followed through and had Haman’s ten sons killed so none of the seed of Haman would rise up for revenge. I call that killing the little foxes that so easily beset us; cleaning house.
Mordecai’s law turned a holocaust into a victory and mourning into joy. Today, Jews still celebrate Purim with joy and feasting.
Paul gives us the offices of service in God’s kingdom: apostles, prophets, teachers, workers of miracles, healers, those with service ministries, the administrators, and those who speak in tongues. These are all gifts of service but the way of excellence in these offices is love. Love is the fuel of the kingdom. It motivates everything that goes on. Love is God. When all is gone faith, hope, and love will remain
Lord, help us to choose your most excellent way of love. Even in warfare against our enemy we can rest in your unfailing love.
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