READ:
ESTHER 2:1-4, 15-20
God is a
perfect God. Deuteronomy 32:4 says his works are perfect. He does not permit a
vacuum in his system. Every valley shall be filled (Luke 3:5). Either you are
filled with the Holy Spirit or else some evil spirits will fill you. No one is
empty of both. As a perfect God, he does not allow superfluity. That is, he
will not give the job of one person to two people. “He came to His own, and His own
received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become
the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.” (John 1:11-12).
This means that someone else occupied the position we currently occupy. The Jews were beloved of God. But at a time they, the natural branches, were broken off because of unbelief and we, the Gentile nations who were part of a wild olive tree, were grafted in. (Romans 11:15-24). This simply shows that w should never feel we are too important or that we have arrived. Whenever somebody in a position is dethroned, another person is promoted to replace him. May you never be dethroned where the Lord has assigned you in Jesus’ Name. Romans 11:23 tells us that if the Jews repent of their unbelief, they will be grafted in again.
In our reading, we see several virgins being brought before the king for a beauty contest, yet only Esther was chosen. Matthew 22:14 says: “For many are called, but few are chosen.” King Ahasuerus wanted a queen to replace Vashti. He carried out his search among virgins. He wanted the best: an undefiled pure lady whom no man had ever slept with. Jesus is also seeking the best. After you become born again, you become a virgin. Your defiled past is erased. From that moment, keep yourself pure from every form of defilement. All the virgins in this contest were from good homes and morally instructed. For Esther to emerge the winner, God gave her divine favour because the race is not necessarily for the fastest. Only Esther was chosen. The others became history. Would you be a chaste virgin of Christ?
This means that someone else occupied the position we currently occupy. The Jews were beloved of God. But at a time they, the natural branches, were broken off because of unbelief and we, the Gentile nations who were part of a wild olive tree, were grafted in. (Romans 11:15-24). This simply shows that w should never feel we are too important or that we have arrived. Whenever somebody in a position is dethroned, another person is promoted to replace him. May you never be dethroned where the Lord has assigned you in Jesus’ Name. Romans 11:23 tells us that if the Jews repent of their unbelief, they will be grafted in again.
In our reading, we see several virgins being brought before the king for a beauty contest, yet only Esther was chosen. Matthew 22:14 says: “For many are called, but few are chosen.” King Ahasuerus wanted a queen to replace Vashti. He carried out his search among virgins. He wanted the best: an undefiled pure lady whom no man had ever slept with. Jesus is also seeking the best. After you become born again, you become a virgin. Your defiled past is erased. From that moment, keep yourself pure from every form of defilement. All the virgins in this contest were from good homes and morally instructed. For Esther to emerge the winner, God gave her divine favour because the race is not necessarily for the fastest. Only Esther was chosen. The others became history. Would you be a chaste virgin of Christ?
MEMORIZE:
JOHN 1:11-12 –He came to His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as
received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them
that believe on His name.
