Esther 1-5: Verse of the Day
"Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esher, 'Do not imagine that you in the king's palace can escape any more than all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?'" (Esther 4:13-14).
Seriously, could there have been another Verse of the Day from Esther? The providence of God has been focused on almost exclusively from these verses. Notice Mordecai's first statement concerning Esther suffering the same fate. Sometimes we get caught up in being "respectors of persons" and even consider ourselves more highly than we should. We are all sinners and are thus playing on the same level.
Second, notice Mordecai's confidence in God's salvation. He doesn't presume that Esther is the only way. He just encourages her to play a part in God's salvation. He knows that God will take care of it either way.
Seriously, could there have been another Verse of the Day from Esther? The providence of God has been focused on almost exclusively from these verses. Notice Mordecai's first statement concerning Esther suffering the same fate. Sometimes we get caught up in being "respectors of persons" and even consider ourselves more highly than we should. We are all sinners and are thus playing on the same level.
Second, notice Mordecai's confidence in God's salvation. He doesn't presume that Esther is the only way. He just encourages her to play a part in God's salvation. He knows that God will take care of it either way.
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