What stood out today: 5:10, 6:6, 4:16 Never the less, Haman restrained himself and went home, calling together his friends and Zeresh, his wife. v6:6When Haman entered, the king asked him, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor? v4:16 Go get together all the Jews who are in Susa and fast for me… I and my maids will fast as you do.
My response: Jesus, I am struck how Xerxes and Haman seek counsel from other people and how Esther seeks you and engages all the Jews in Susa to seek you and your counsel. And Esther, the star, moves forward with brilliance, holds two banquets, inviting Xerxes and Haman. And then in the middle of the night between the banquets, you keep Xerxes up and arrange for him to hear the story from your annals how Mordecai saved Xerxes’ life nine years earlier. God, if I am to be a man after your own heart, I need to seek you first. Just like in my life verse, Matthew 6:33, “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you as well.” Jesus, thank you for winning my heart to a place that wants to please you, that wants to be at the center of your obedience, not at the fringes.
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