What is a Good Devotion Topic?

Is there anything like a good devotion topic? As far as you are reading the Bible and praying early in  the morning, God can minister to you in way or the other.

Though you might chose a Biblical event that had ever occur and read it as a series to strengthen your faith and believe in God, like the events of King David that we just concluded in our previous devotion. And now we are in the story of Mordecai and Esther. Read through our devotions you can find different topic.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2022

TEXT: Esther 2:15-23

15. The time came for Esther to go to the king. Esther-the daughter of Abihail and the cousin of Mordecai, who had adopted her as his daughter; Esther-admired by everyone who saw her. When her turn came, she wore just what Hegai, the eunuch in charge of the harem, advised her to wear.

16. So in Xerxes’ seventh year as king, in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, Esther was brought to King Xerxes in the royal palace.

17. The king liked her more than any of the others she won his favor and affection. He placed the royal crown on her head and made queen in place of Vashti.

18. Then the king gave a great banquet in Esther’s honor and invited all his officials and administrators. He proclaimed a holiday for the whole empire and distributed gifts worthy of a king.

19. Meanwhile Mordecai had been appointed by the king to an administrative position.

20. As for Esther, she had still not let it be known that she was Jewish. Mordecai had told her not to tell anyone, and she obeyed him in this, just as she obeyed him when she was a little girl under his care.

21. During the time that Mordecai held office in the palace, Bigthana and Teresh, two of the palace eunuchs who guarded the entrance to the king’s rooms, became hostile to King Xerxes and plotted to assassinate him.

22. Mordecai learned about it and told Queen Esther, who then told the king what Mordecai had found out.

23. There was an investigation, and it was discovered that the report was true, so both men were hanged on the gallows. The king ordered an account of this to be written down in the official records of the empire.

(Good News Translation Holy Bible)

TOPIC: A SLAVE GIRL’S SIMPLICITY

Esther went into this competition without exposing her nationality. She was a submissive and obedient girl to Mordecai.

Esther’s simplicity in the whole process portrayed a young woman who had courage and strength in “someone” higher than what other virgins trusted in.

It appears that, later, there was a second gathering of the virgins following the one that led to Esther’s selection as the queen (vs. 19, 21). She demonstrated to be accountable to Mordecai in the past by not revealing her nationality to the king. This loyalty to Mordecai might have made her report the plot to assassinate the king to her cousin, Mordecai. She was an obedient child who followed Mordecai’s instruction from childhood (vs. 10, 20).

Although Mordecai was never rewarded for this brave act, it nevertheless turned out to his advantage and that of the Jews in the future. We must remain faithful and accountable, even when we are not rewarded.

QUESTION: Can you be trusted with sensitive information?

PRAYER: Help me, dear Lord, to be found to be accountable as an individual anywhere You send me, in Jesus name, Amen.

 

Remain Blessed

ECWA Food For The Day, 2022.