Esther 2:15 When the turn came for Esther (the young woman Mordecai had adopted, the daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go to the king, she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the harem, suggested. And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her.
Most books in
the Bible have multiple themes; however, the Book of Esther has only one theme:
Crisis. The entire book is centered around this one crisis to exterminate the
entire Jewish race. Esther's story reminisces as one of the most paramount
triumphs in the Word of God. When the adversaries of the Jewish people planned
a conspiracy to erase them from the annals of history, God turned it around and
made the situation for the good of His people and His honor and glory (Romans
8:28).
This fascinating
story is about a stunning and attractive young Jewish girl, an orphan, who
became a contestant in a beauty contest and ended up as the Queen of the
immense empire of Persia. God significantly used her because she surrendered
herself to God's plan to counter the objectives of the wicked people that
hatched the plot that would rid the world of the Jewish people. In this beloved
account of Esther, there are components of several violations of the Holy Word
of God, the Mosaic Law. Throughout this episode, Esther and her uncle Mordicai
went against almost every aspect of God's Law.
The present
Queen disobeyed King Xerxes, and he had her banned from ever entering his
presence for all time. The beauty contest was how King Xerxes would find a new
Queen, who had to be the most beautiful woman in his empire. Esther's uncle
Mordicai helped her prepare for the beauty contest knowing full well that she
would be involved in fornication and several other characteristics that went
against the Mosaic Law. God, in His merciful love and grace, used the actions
of Mordicai and Esther to bring to fruition His plan to save His people.
Should we, as
followers and believers in Christ Jesus, denounce and criticize the sins of
Esther, or should we celebrate and admire her for her bravery in the face of
great danger to the entire Jewish nation? We should not be focusing our
attention on her courage or her sins. Conceivably, we should focus on God's
love, grace, and mercy in using sinners like us to carry out His will and plans
for humanity. God's people in the days of Esther and today were far from
perfect; we are all sinners, and all fall short of God's standards. God
knows we all fail Him from time to time. Peter failed Christ Jesus at a time
when Jesus needed him the most; still, Jesus used him in a great and mighty way
to build His church on earth.
Paul went about a relentless campaign to wipe all followers and believers in Christ Jesus from the earth; still, God used Paul to spread the gospel to all the earth and write many books of the New Testament. Abraham had an adulterous affair with one of his wife's servants; still, God blessed the entire world through him. This Bible account of the life of Abraham is not to say that we all should go out and commit any sins that Satan tempts us to do, but that through our humanity, we are all born sinners and will be as long as we draw breath here on God's green earth. Even though we are all sinners (Romans 3:23 &10), God has a plan for all His children. God will reveal this plan to us through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and if we are truly surrendered to Christ Jesus and filled with love for Him and others, our hearts will desire to follow His will and not our worldly plans.
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