“The king got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.”
I love the movie series Rambo. Yes it is quite bloody and gory at times. but the story is one of the best. If you have never watched the entire series I highly recommend it if you are into the military shoot em’ up kind of movie. My mother calls those “kick and kills”, which is a great way to describe Rambo. I won’t spoil the movies, but I will say in every movie, Rambo fights an enemy at first but the real enemies are the ones on his side of the fight. Those kind of enemies seem to do the most damage. Spend a night and binge all of them, you will love it.
The story of Esther is a great story like Rambo. If you haven’t been following along, the Jewish people have a death sentence that has the king’s approval. This genocide is not from a foreign power but comes from within the Persian Empire, even from within the very court of the king. His name is Haman. An evil man bent on destroying the Jewish people. His plan of destroying the Jews is almost in full motion. So much so that he throws a party and brags about all of his wealth and how he will impale Mordecai, Queen Esther’s Uncle, on a pole. The king has no clue what he signed and is unaware of that he has ordered the very death of his beloved Queen Esther and all of her nation. Mordecai pleads with Esther to do something about this genocide. Esther calls for a time of fasting and praying before she goes before the king to beg for her life and the lives of her nation. All seems to be lost for the Jewish people, but the Lord is working.
That very night before all of this takes place, the king cannot sleep and has the royal chronicles read to him. He discovers that Mordecai foiled a plot to kill the king and finds out that nothing has been done to thank this man and honor him. Like clock work, Haman arrives that very hour to ask that Mordecai be impaled on the pole that he has set up. The king asks Haman what must be done to honor a man. Haman thinks this honor is for him instead of Mordecai so he says that king must honor him with the royal robe and parade him around town. Xerxes tells Haman, “Go at once….do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew.” Haman carries out this honor to the man he hates and when all the parading is done, Haman and the king attend a dinner. This is where Esther will plead for the king to stop the imminent killing of her people.
Queen Esther, during the dinner, tells the king of the plot to kill her and her people. Furious, the king asks who has done such a thing. Queen Esther tells him that Haman is the man. (verse 7:7) “The king got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden.” Haman is soon impaled on the very pole he set up for Mordecai. His seven sons are impaled as well and his estate is given to Mordecai. Furthermore, the king gives all of the Jews the power to fight and kill all who oppose them across the kingdom and decrees that the genocide of the Jews is no more. Mordecai becomes second in command of the Persian empire in the third year of King Xerxes reign.
The plot to destroy the Jewish people is foiled. Satan had a plan to destroy the people of God. The Bible tells us that Satan is like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour and that he only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. He does not come to party and have fun, but only wipe out the presence of God. The Bible records the words of Mordecai in chapter 4:14, “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
The Lord tells Joshua when they enter into the promised land that He has a future planned out for Israel. Years later, Esther and Mordecai are part of that plan. Fast forward to now, you are a part of that plan as well. The Lord is working even when you don’t see it. The only reference to the Lord in the entire book of Esther is when she called for a three day time for fasting and praying. Maybe that is all you need to hear?
You may be in a hard place with some not so good things happening to you but you can fast and pray just like Esther did. That started the move of God that saved the Jewish people. It may be time for you to stop trying to muscle your way through life and let God take over. Acknowledge Him in all your ways and he will make your path straight. How do you start? By fasting and praying.
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