POWER WILL CHANGE HAND (Esther 8:1-8).
That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman's estate. Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews. Then the king extended the gold scepter to Esther and she arose and stood before him. "If it pleases the king," she said, "and if he regards me with favor and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king's provinces. For how can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?" … Now write another decree in the king's name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal it with the king's signet ring — for no document written in the king's name and sealed with his ring can be revoked."
Whatever the situation you are going through now, it is for a while power will soon change hand. Are you being oppressed now? Are you being cheated now? Are you disappointed in one way or the other? Keep on doing the will of God because it is certain that power will soon change hand. You may find out that the wicked are even being promoted and blessed than you, just continue to please God; you will still come to inherit that which the wicked had labored for in the long run. This is what the bible says in Isaiah 61:6 “But you shall be named the priests of the Lord, they shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory you shall boast.” As long as you have the spirit of God controlling your life, you stand to be recognized as a priest of the most- high God. It therefore follows that what the unbelievers worked for will certainly become your reward at the end of the day.
We could see from our passage this morning that though Haman worked to acquire wealth for himself and probably for his family but at the end of it all they all became the reward for the man he hated greatly.
Mordecai was a slave in the land and was sitting at the gate of the king’s palace to display his wretchedness. He was hated by a powerful man, the second in command to the king, Haman. He even planed to annihilate Mordecai and his Jews counterparts. As God will have it, Haman died in his stead. It did not end there; Mordecai took over the position of Haman in the kingdom. Mordecai though a Jew became the second in command to the king in a foreign land. Has anyone told you that you cannot become anything where you are? If you really mean to glorify God in your life, keep on doing good because a time is coming when you will reap it. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers (Gal.6:9-10). We could see that power changed hand and Mordecai was even more honored than Haman ‘the son of the soil’. You can as well become great in life if you can continue with doing good not minding what the enemies are doing to oppose you. You will not only wear the king’s garment but you will be promoted and have all the goodies attached to the office of the king in the name of Jesus Christ. Remain blessed in the Lord.
PRAYER POINTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: - Father in heaven, please remember me for the little good I have done and reward me handsomely IJN
Tuesday: - Lord Jesus, let power change from the hand of my enemies to me now IJN
Wednesday: - O Lord, let all that my enemies have taken away from me be restored back to me IJN
Thursday: - Father, remove any beast sitting on my blessing and let the earth swallow him forever IJN
Friday: - Father, please fulfill all that you have promised Seed of Life IJN
Saturday: - God of all nations, please grant us peace in Nigeria IJN
That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman's estate. Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews. Then the king extended the gold scepter to Esther and she arose and stood before him. "If it pleases the king," she said, "and if he regards me with favor and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king's provinces. For how can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?" … Now write another decree in the king's name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal it with the king's signet ring — for no document written in the king's name and sealed with his ring can be revoked."
Whatever the situation you are going through now, it is for a while power will soon change hand. Are you being oppressed now? Are you being cheated now? Are you disappointed in one way or the other? Keep on doing the will of God because it is certain that power will soon change hand. You may find out that the wicked are even being promoted and blessed than you, just continue to please God; you will still come to inherit that which the wicked had labored for in the long run. This is what the bible says in Isaiah 61:6 “But you shall be named the priests of the Lord, they shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory you shall boast.” As long as you have the spirit of God controlling your life, you stand to be recognized as a priest of the most- high God. It therefore follows that what the unbelievers worked for will certainly become your reward at the end of the day.
We could see from our passage this morning that though Haman worked to acquire wealth for himself and probably for his family but at the end of it all they all became the reward for the man he hated greatly.
Mordecai was a slave in the land and was sitting at the gate of the king’s palace to display his wretchedness. He was hated by a powerful man, the second in command to the king, Haman. He even planed to annihilate Mordecai and his Jews counterparts. As God will have it, Haman died in his stead. It did not end there; Mordecai took over the position of Haman in the kingdom. Mordecai though a Jew became the second in command to the king in a foreign land. Has anyone told you that you cannot become anything where you are? If you really mean to glorify God in your life, keep on doing good because a time is coming when you will reap it. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers (Gal.6:9-10). We could see that power changed hand and Mordecai was even more honored than Haman ‘the son of the soil’. You can as well become great in life if you can continue with doing good not minding what the enemies are doing to oppose you. You will not only wear the king’s garment but you will be promoted and have all the goodies attached to the office of the king in the name of Jesus Christ. Remain blessed in the Lord.
PRAYER POINTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday: - Father in heaven, please remember me for the little good I have done and reward me handsomely IJN
Tuesday: - Lord Jesus, let power change from the hand of my enemies to me now IJN
Wednesday: - O Lord, let all that my enemies have taken away from me be restored back to me IJN
Thursday: - Father, remove any beast sitting on my blessing and let the earth swallow him forever IJN
Friday: - Father, please fulfill all that you have promised Seed of Life IJN
Saturday: - God of all nations, please grant us peace in Nigeria IJN
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