DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 20 August 2022 — Esther’s Exaltation
DCLM Higher Everyday 20 August 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Esther’s Exaltation
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TOPIC: ESTHER’S EXALTATION
TEXT: ESTHER 2:11-18
12Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
13Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.
14In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
16So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
18Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
MEMORY VERSE: “And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti” (ESTHER 2:17).
MESSAGE:
An author once said, “When the Most High God favours you, great things will happen to you. You will find yourself on top, even if people had thought you were a flop.”
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Such was the case of Esther who was brought up by Mordecai, her uncle. He was her foster father, under whom she grew because Esther had lost both parents. Her implicit obedience to Mordecai, her faith in God and cooperation with her mentor, paid off. God favoured her. In a keenly contested competition to the seat of the first lady, she won and wore the crown.
Godly parents or guardians are to be held in high esteem and their godly counsels strictly followed. Divine opportunities are not for the proud and arrogant but for the humble and lowly in spirit. The path to stardom is overlaid with humility.
Esther’s condition as a slave did not stop her elevation to the throne in Babylon. Your present predicament does not matter. Your time will soon come. Keep trusting in God. He has the final say. Your God-ordained destiny is secure.
QUOTE: She won and wore the crown.
CHALLENGE: Before honour is humility.
PRAYER: Lord, lead me on to the higher ground of excellence.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
