Esther 8:15-17
Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown and a robe of fine linen and purple, and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced. The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor. And in every province and in every city, wherever the king's command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
Tag: Joy Is Contiguous
In the story of Esther we see where Esther, the Queen, is put in the exact spot she needed to be to save her uncle Mordecai and the Jewish nation. Esther was willing to trust God and to wait for God and obey God. She put herself in danger by going to to the king with her request, but she trusted God and His Sovereign control over all things.
In the above account, as the people are being saved from utter destruction, we see gladness and joy and honor and light coming into play. In what was a day of certain darkness (the destruction of the Jews), light was produced. The odd aspect of this story is what is found in the end of this section. Note what it says:
“... And many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen on them.”
When the other nations saw that the Jews were the favored people in the Assyrian nation, they all wanted to convert to become Jews. The fact that the Jews practiced joy and gladness and expressed honor and light, others wanted to become Jewish. The alternative would be to be destroyed. Today is the same thing. Christian’s ought to be so filled with joy and peace and glory for God, that the world around us ought to see us as the answer. They ought to be running to us to avoid the death and destruction of unbelief. Joy is contagious. We are to be people of joy.
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