Verses: Esther 5 :
1 - 8
My thoughts about the verses:
The day starts with the Queen walking into the hall. Her heart had to be jumping. Would Xerxes accept Esther into the great hall. He was so excited to see Esther that he offered to give her anything that she wanted. He was even willing to give her half of the kingdom. You know that for just a second she had to take a deep breath and silently say God has saved me this day.
So she says all I want is for the King and Haman to come to a party I have prepared for them. Xerxes was well pleased with Esther. She had done something that Vashti had not done.
She was honoring the King by having him come to a party. She also wanted his top leader to come. You know he had to have a boost in his morale.
Xerxes loved what was prepared for him. He again tells Esther that he would give her half of the Kingdom. Esther could have taken anything that she wanted. Yet, she knew what her purpose was. It was confirmed when the gold scepter was raised so that she could enter the room.
So she only asked that he come to another party the next day. Yet, if you listen closely she tells him that if he comes to the party she will tell him exactly what she wants. See she knew the time was not ready. She knew that if she was patient and had a second feast with him that she could ask for anything and he would truly give it to her.
Patience is something a lot of people have very little of. People do not understand that sometimes you have to wait before you get what you truly need and want. When you rush matters you sometimes get what you think you need when in actuality you miss out on what you need. Esther took great patience. She waited until she had him feeding out of her hand.
Have you ever prayed for patience. I will tell you right now if you have prayed for patience there is only one way to get it. God will let you learn the fun way. Simply put when you want something God will let you wait until you think that you are at your wits end. Then you will receive what you truly need. Therefor patience is a very hard thing to learn.
I can tell you this from my own personal experience. I was struggling with a lot of issues 15 years ago. I decided that I needed to have patience so things would work out. That simple prayer was one that I will never forget. What I thought it would do was help calm my spirit. That I would immediately have patience granted and that things would work out. Yet, my spirit was in turmoil. My answer took several months to come through. I wanted to be able to snap my finger and what God taught me is that all things come at the right time. The principle is that we cannot tell God when to do what we need things to happen. We have to wait until the right time comes. When it comes we will have all our needs met. In fact, the needs will be met more abundant than if we had got what we wanted immediately.
Prayer:
Dear God we thank you for helping us grow more spiritual. We thank you for allowing us to learn from the past. Dear God we ask you right now to help us learn to be calm and allow the spirit to do the work needed. Help us when we are struggling so that we do what we need to do. Dear
Creator we ask that you be with us as we walk through life. Help us be the people that you need us to be. In your Holy Name we Pray. Amen
Questions:
My thoughts about the verses:
The day starts with the Queen walking into the hall. Her heart had to be jumping. Would Xerxes accept Esther into the great hall. He was so excited to see Esther that he offered to give her anything that she wanted. He was even willing to give her half of the kingdom. You know that for just a second she had to take a deep breath and silently say God has saved me this day.
So she says all I want is for the King and Haman to come to a party I have prepared for them. Xerxes was well pleased with Esther. She had done something that Vashti had not done.
She was honoring the King by having him come to a party. She also wanted his top leader to come. You know he had to have a boost in his morale.
Xerxes loved what was prepared for him. He again tells Esther that he would give her half of the Kingdom. Esther could have taken anything that she wanted. Yet, she knew what her purpose was. It was confirmed when the gold scepter was raised so that she could enter the room.
So she only asked that he come to another party the next day. Yet, if you listen closely she tells him that if he comes to the party she will tell him exactly what she wants. See she knew the time was not ready. She knew that if she was patient and had a second feast with him that she could ask for anything and he would truly give it to her.
Patience is something a lot of people have very little of. People do not understand that sometimes you have to wait before you get what you truly need and want. When you rush matters you sometimes get what you think you need when in actuality you miss out on what you need. Esther took great patience. She waited until she had him feeding out of her hand.
Have you ever prayed for patience. I will tell you right now if you have prayed for patience there is only one way to get it. God will let you learn the fun way. Simply put when you want something God will let you wait until you think that you are at your wits end. Then you will receive what you truly need. Therefor patience is a very hard thing to learn.
I can tell you this from my own personal experience. I was struggling with a lot of issues 15 years ago. I decided that I needed to have patience so things would work out. That simple prayer was one that I will never forget. What I thought it would do was help calm my spirit. That I would immediately have patience granted and that things would work out. Yet, my spirit was in turmoil. My answer took several months to come through. I wanted to be able to snap my finger and what God taught me is that all things come at the right time. The principle is that we cannot tell God when to do what we need things to happen. We have to wait until the right time comes. When it comes we will have all our needs met. In fact, the needs will be met more abundant than if we had got what we wanted immediately.
Prayer:
Dear God we thank you for helping us grow more spiritual. We thank you for allowing us to learn from the past. Dear God we ask you right now to help us learn to be calm and allow the spirit to do the work needed. Help us when we are struggling so that we do what we need to do. Dear
Creator we ask that you be with us as we walk through life. Help us be the people that you need us to be. In your Holy Name we Pray. Amen
Questions:
Have you ever gotten mad because something that you wanted immediately didn't occur in your time frame? Have you ever asked God to give your patience? Are you struggling with fears and hard times? Have you decided to let go and let God be the leader of your life? Do you need to slow down and take things one step at a time? How can you help others today?
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