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INTRODUCTION
EXPOSITORS AND BIBLE HISTORIANS HAVE CALLED QUEEN ESTHER....THE HUMBLE HEROINE, AN ORPHANED
DAUGHTER, SAVIOR OF THE JEWS, VEGETARIAN FROM HER YOUTH, AND A WOMAN OF SUCH NATURAL BEAUTY AND
CHARM SHE FOUND FAVOR IN THE EYES OF ALL WHO SAW HER......
IN HEBREW SHE WAS CALLED, HADASSAH.....AN INDICATION THAT HER ACTIONS WERE AS PLEASING AS THE
FRAGRANCE OF MYRTLE........
The story of Esther begins with a grand banquet at the palace of King Ahasuerus, also referred to as King Xerxes.
The king had become drunk on wine and commanded that his wife, Queen Vashti come out before everyone to
show how beautiful she was.
Queen Vashti refused to be paraded before everyone.
King Xerxes was so angry at her
disrespect and disregard for his request that he divorced her.
The king called for a nationwide beauty pageant to be
held to find a new attractive queen.
A Jewish woman named Esther was taken with other young women to a citadel.
Esther's cousin Mordecai had
taken Esther in and raised her as his own after Esther's parents had died.
When it was Esther's turn to go before the king, he immediately found her the most attractive and beautiful of all
women and placed the royal crown on her head.
King Ahasuerus held a great banquet for his new queen, Esther.
Esther continued to hide her Jewish background as Mordecai had instructed her to do because he knew it would be
dangerous for her if anyone found out she was a Jew.
NOW THERE IS MORE PALACE INTRIGUE IN THE BOOK OF
ESTHER AND I WILL TRUST YOU TO FIND AND FOLLOW THE EVIL HAMAN AND HIS WAYS OF TREACHERY AS YOU PICK
UP YOUR BIBLE IN THE WEEK AHEAD.....
THIS MORNING WE WELCOME THE COURAGE SHOWN BY THE HEROINE QUEEN ESTHER.......THE SAVIOR OF ISRAEL
BEFORE JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD TO MAKE HIS INDELIBLE MARK.....
ESTHER’S LIFE TEACHES MANY LESSONS......AND SHE GIVES US SUCH STRONG ENCOURAGEMENT TO
RECOGNIZE
THE VALUE OF TIMING.....AMEN?
TIMING CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
THE STORY IS TOLD OF A WOMAN NAMED JULIA DIXON WHO HAD JUST ACCIDENTALLY LOCKED HERSELF OUT OF
HER HOUSE.
JUST THEN THE MAILMAN DROVE UP THE DRIVE.
“MRS.
DIXON” HE EXCLAIMED IN CONCERN.
“YOU
LOOK UPSET.
WHAT’S THE MATTER?” “OH, I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO DO,” SHE WAILED, WRINGING HER
HANDS NERVOUSLY.
“THE DOOR LOCKED BEHIND ME, AND MY NEIGHBOR, WHO KEEPS A DUPLICATE KEY FOR ME
IS OUT OF TOWN.
MY HUSBAND HAS A KEY, BUT HE’S AT AN ALL DAY CONFERENCE AT A HOTEL DOWNTOWN, AND I
DOUBT I CAN REACH HIM.
HOW AM I GOING TO GET BACK IN MY HOUSE?”
HE MAILMAN TRIED TO CALM HER DOWN AND ADVISED HER TO CALL A LOCKSMITH.
“I GUESS THAT’S MY ONLY
RECOURSE,” SHE AGREED, “ BUT TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THEY CHARGE AN ARM AND A LEG AND I REALLY CAN’T
AFFORD AN EXTRA EXPENSE RIGHT NOW.
THINGS HAVE BEEN TIGHT.”
THE MAILMAN COMMISERATED WITH HER BUT POINTED OUT THAT SHE HAD NO CHOICE.
“LOOK, I’D BETTER BE
ON MY WAY,” HE SAID, “BUT HERE’S YOUR MAIL.
WHO KNOWS?
MAYBE THERE’LL BE SOME GOOD NEWS INSIDE ONE
OF THE LETTERS TO CHEER YOU UP!”
JULIA LOOKED THROUGH THE ENVELOPES.
THERE WAS ONE FROM HER BROTHER JONATHAN.
HE HAD VISITED
THE FAMILY THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND STAYED FOR A FEW DAYS.
“I WONDER WHY HE’S WRITING SO SOON SHE
MURMURED.
WHEN SHE TORE OPEN THE LETTER, A KEY FELL OUT INTO HER PALM.
“DEAR JULIA,” THE LETTER BEGAN.
“LAST WEEK, WHEN I WAS STAYING AT YOUR HOUSE AND YOU WERE OUT
SHOPPING, I ACCIDENTALLY LOCKED MYSELF OUT.
I ASKED YOUR NEIGHBOR FOR YOUR DUPLICATE BUT FORGOT
TO RETURN IT.
SO I’M ENCLOSING IT NOW.”
TALK ABOUT GOOD TIMING, BELOVEDS, THAT’S IT......AMEN?
“COUNTING TIME, ONE WISE PERSON ONCE WROTE, IS NOT SO IMPORTANT AS MAKING TIME COUNT”
HALLELUJAH.....
THERE WAS A SIGN ON AN OFFICE BULLETIN BOARD THAT SAID, “IN CASE OF FIRE DON’T PANIC.
SIMPLY FLEE THE
BUILDING WITH THE SAME RECKLESS ABANDON THAT OCCURS EACH DAY AT QUITTING TIME”…AMEN?
SOMETIMES IT’S ALL ABOUT THE TIMING........
AND LET’S NOT FORGET THAT WISE OLD ADAGE THAT REMINDS US AS BELIEVERS,
MOST OF OUR TROUBLES STEM FROM TOO MUCH TIME ON OUR HANDS AND NOT ENOUGH TIME ON OUR
KNEES
IN OUR TEXT THIS MORNING MORDECAI THE COUSIN WHO RAISED ESTHER AND THE ONE WHO WAS SUCH A KEY TO HER DEVELOPMENT........AND HER CONSIDERATION OF THE HIGH OFFICE OF QUEEN HAS A WARNING TO ESTHER ABOUT TIME AND TIMING......
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE ESTHER......THAT’S WHAT MORDECAI IS SAYING HERE.....BELOVEDS, AS YOUR NEW
BEGINNINGS IN THIS NEW YEAR START TO BEAR FRUIT OR CHALLENGE YOU OR TEST YOU.....MORDECAI’S
ENCOURAGEMENT TO ESTHER IS A POWERFUL THING FOR US TO REMEMBER TOO......
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE AS A BELIEVER IN GOD; AS A PERSON OF FAITH.....AS SOMEONE WHOM GOD HAS
HEALED, DELIVERED, SHOWN MERCY, GIVEN GRACE.......YOU HAVE A GIFT TO SHARE WITH OTHERS, YOU HAVE A
TESTIMONY BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN TESTED AND YET SURVIVED.........
QUEEN ESTHER WAS ENTHRONED AT A TIME WHEN SHE COULD BE USED BY GOD.....
GOD CAN USE YOU TOO....THIS DAY, THIS MONTH, THIS YEAR.........
THE TIME IS SURELY COMING ESTHER WHEN YOU WILL SAVE YOUR PEOPLE, YOU WILL DO SOMETHING SO GREAT IT
WILL BE REMEMBERED AND CELEBRATED
WHEN WE OPEN OURSELVES TO GOD’S WILL
SOME YEARS AGO, A BOOK JUMPED OFF THE SHELF AND INTO MY HANDS......IT’S CALLED, “IF GOD IS SO
GOOD WHY DO I HURT SO BAD?” THE QUESTION HAD BECOME RESONANT IN MY SPIRIT BECAUSE OF THE
ENCOUNTERS I WAS HAVING WITH FOLKS FIGHTING CHRONIC ILLNESS OR TERMINAL CONDITIONS........GOD HAD
PUT IN MY PATH MORE THAN A FEW PEOPLE WHO SEEMED LIKE THEIR HOPE HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN OR STRAINED
TO A BREAKING POINT..........IN THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE BOOK, THE AUTHOR DAVID BIEBEL CONCLUDES:
PAIN NEVER REALLY ENDS....AT LEAST IT NEVER ENDS IN THE WAY WE WISH IT WOULD AND THE WAY OTHERS WISH
IT WOULD.....AND THEN BEFORE THE BOOK ENDS ITSELF HE GAVE ME 2 NUGGETS TO HOLD ONTO.....AND I SHARE
THEM WITH YOU TODAY....
#1 HE WROTE: HUMANLY SPEAKING LIFE IS PAINFUL ....SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING LIFE IS JOYFUL.....
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