Monday, September 3, 2012

Esther 8-10 If it pleases the King…


As a believer that celebrates all the feasts of the Lord, I particularly love Purim. As with all of the feast times, the story of Esther is retold to bring to remembrance the great victory for the Jewish people. As we normally celebrate with Messianic Jews (Jewish believers in Yeshua- Jesus as the Messiah) they always relate this story to our relationship with the King of kings, Yeshua and Haman as the enemy Satan.

Chapter eight finds Esther again in great humility, again taking no regard for her own life, not exalting herself as the queen but desiring to find favour with the king. She repeats this statement numerous times “If it pleases the king…” and every thing else hinges on these five words that she continues to use when requesting anything from the one who has already told her that he will give her up to half of his kingdom. Again the king extends his royal sceptre, his rod of authority and gracious acceptance to Esther. If we as the royal priesthood would follow this example and understand that the grace we have been given is due to the favour of God and that our greatest desire should be to find out what pleases the King.

Esther is not only humble, she is also very wise and understands the rules of the kingdom. She has been taught well by her mentor and Uncle, Mordecai about what must be done to reverse the outcome of Haman’s hatred towards the Jews and his evil plot to annihilate them. Decrees and laws written in the kings’ name and endorsed by the king are irreversible once they have been set in motion and declared. Now the enemy longs to set into motion curses and evil plots, temptations and even death and destruction for the people of God. But just as Esther understood that another decree endorsed by the king could override the first, so must we as believers understand that what has been written in the word of God are holy decrees and declarations that overrides and counterattacks every curse, scheme, and plot of the enemy against our lives.

So at Esther’s request Mordecai is given permission to send the king’s edict granting the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children, and to plunder the property of their enemies.

The following two chapters tell of how this is accomplished and the great victory that occurs as they kill those considered to be the enemies of Gods people. Very specifically are named the ten sons of Haman, the next generation that would rise up in years to come. As believers we must begin to hate the enemy and to destroy every plot not only against us but against the people of God. We must break the curses that would affect the generations that come after us. This pleases the King and causes a time of celebration to be established.

I desire to be known as a believer that has humbled herself before God, not caring about her own life, but desiring to find out the will of God and what pleases the King and to come boldly before His throne of grace to declare His decrees to be established. To have His Mercy and Grace extended unto me as I am given power and authority over the enemies of Gods people, to reverse every curse, break every chain, set the captives free and to establish the future Kingdom here on earth. How about you?


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