Esther 4:15-17
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.” Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.
Tag: Even IF
While the nation of Israel was in captivity, Satan used this occasion to try to destroy all the Jewish nation. It was from this nation that God would send Christ. Satan’s plot was to see ever Jew killed. Under the hatred of Haman, this plot of Satan’s was unfolding. Haman, the right had man of the king, had authorized, with the King’s permission, the complete and utter destruction of all Jews. That would include Queen Esther, although, at the time, the King did not realize the Queen was Jewish. Mordecai, Esther’s adopting father, warned Ester to do something, even if it was to be her life. The young queen had a decision to make. In the above verses we see her resolution. Esther decided she would make a decision to live for God, even “IF” God did not rescue her. She may have taken her lead from the story of the three Hebrew boys who refused to boy down to the king’s statue while in captivity. Note their replay to the King when he threatens to put them in the furnace of fire:
Daniel 3:17-18
If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
We have the same language here as Esther used. The three slave boys and Esther both had a great understanding of the God of the universe. They all preferred to live in the fear of God vs the fear of Man. A truly committed believer does not live light of circumstances, but rather in light of the power of God and His Sovereign rule in their lives. When we truly believe that God is ultimately sovereign, we can face down any set of circumstances in our lives. Whether those circumstances are a furnace of fire or a decree to be utterly destroyed. Esther had the right thoughts in her mind to make the right judgements in her life.
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