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SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 9, 2022
TEXT:
Esther 2:1-14
1.
After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered
Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.
2.
Then the king’s servants who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be
sought out for the king.
3.
And let the king appoint commissioners in all the provinces of his kingdom to
gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in the citadel of Susa
under custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; let
their cosmetic and treatments be given them.
4.
And let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased
the king, and he did so.
5.
Now there was a Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair
son of Shimei son of Kish, a Benjamite.
6.
Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with
King Jeconiah of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon ha carried away.
7.
Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, his cousin, for she had
neither father nor mother; the girl was fair and beautiful, and when her father
and mother died, Mordecai adopted her as his own daughter.
8.
So when the king’s order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young
women were gathered in the citadel of Susa in custody of Hegai, Esther also was
taken into the king’s palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the
women.
9.
The girl pleased him and won his favor, and when he quickly provided her with
her cosmetic treatments and her portion of food, and with seven chosen maids
from the king’s palace, and advanced her and her maids to the best place in the
harem.
10.
Esther did not reveal her people or kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not
to tell.
11.
Every day Mordecai would walk around in front of the court of the harem, to
learn how Esther was and how she fared.
12.
The turn came for each girl to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve
months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period
of their cosmetic treatment, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with
perfumes and cosmetics for women.
13.
When the girl went in to the king she was given whatever she asked for to take
with her from the harem to the king’s palace.
14.
In the evening she went in; then in the morning she came back to the second
harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch, who was in charge of the
concubines; she did not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in
her and she was summoned by name.
(New
King James Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
SELECTING A NEW QUEEN
Queen Vashti was
deposed due to disobedience to the king. The king may have wished to restore
her back, but the nobles who planned her removal would not allow him maybe
because they feared she would take revenge if she had the chance.
Inherent in all of
these is God’s plan to protect and preserve His people in exile from
extermination. Therefore, we can conclude that the counsel of the noble men to
seek for a new queen throughout the kingdom was God’s plan being unfolded.
Esther was discovered
and invited to participate in the contest for a new queen. God made the chief
eunuch, Hegai, to favor Esther in addition to the godly upbringing she had from
her cousin, Mordecai.
When God prepares you
for greatness, He sets people and all circumstances needed to work for you into
that destiny, irrespective of what you may be expecting. Just trust in Him.
QUESTION:
Are you following the leading of God upon your life obediently?
Remain
Blessed
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