Brave Queen Esther
February 6, 2008 by Ruth
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FOR KIDS
“And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.” Esther 4:16
Haman, the villain in the book of Esther, was above all the princes in the land and everyone had to bow to him. But Mordecai, Queen Esther’s uncle, would not bow to him. Maybe Mordecai saw it as false worship, dishonoring God. Haman hated Mordecai for not showing him honor.
When Haman discovered that Mordecai was a Jew he dreamed up a plan to destroy him. He told the King that there was a group of people in the land who held to their own laws and did not keep the Persian laws. Haman advised the King that these people, the Jews, should all be destroyed. The King agreed. He did not know that Queen Esther was a Jew.
Mordecai informed Queen Esther of the new law and warned her to go to the King and plead for the lives of the Jews. Mordecai thought the King would listen to her since he loved her and would change the law.
But Queen Esther was afraid. She also knew of another law that said if anyone dared to approach the King with a request, without being summoned by him, could be put to death. The only exception was if the King would hold out his golden scepter to them. She was worried that he would not hold out his scepter for her because he had ignored her for thirty days. Yet, she knew the only way to save her people, the Jews, from death would be for her to intercede for them.
She knew that God had put her in this place at this time for the purpose of saving the Jews, God’s people. She risked her life and miraculously by God’s doing, the King did hold out his scepter to her and help her and her people. You can read the complete story in the Bible in the book of Esther.
God has a purpose and a plan for each one of us His children. It may not be as demanding and scary as Queen Esther’s mission but it may take as much courage to accomplish.
Things get in the way of doing God’s will: like our pride, we want to look good to others; our selfishness, we want to accumulate material things instead of spiritual; our ambition, we want to be important and have power and be in control.
God wants us to let him be in control and He can and will work things out for us as long as we do it His way.
FOR PARENTS
The account of Queen Esther’s bravery and obedience is as relevant to us as parents as to our children so go ahead and share theirs today.
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