8 1-2 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, archenemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king because Esther had explained their relationship.
I connected some dots today but I don't know if they should really be connected. A history of God's chosen people being targeted to be wiped out and then saved. Esther saved the Jews from Haman. The world led by people like Winston Churchill saved the Jews and the rest of us from Hitler.
Admittedly I haven't been following it closely but I have heard Putin has made movements against the Jews, sadly I see no Esther or Churchill its certainly not Obama. Maybe I should take some comfort that Putin would not ultimately be successful if he in fact has a desire to go the way of Hitler. But while annihilation has been avoided in the past it is not like there has not been great pain and human cost and I sure hope we aren't heading in that direction.
Another takeaway is the importance of timing for good leadership. Esther had good timing in her appeal to the king. Maybe there is s a takeaway in there somewhere for us?
rambling today---have a good weekend.
knut
along the same lines as your leadership comment, to me, is the willingness of 1 person to stand up and say something. Esther did it. The text reads fairly benignly, but she was literally taking her life in her hands by saying anything to the king. The likely outcome of that decision was death.
ReplyDeleteIn every case of the Jews/Israelites being redeemed from an oppresive ruler, there is someone who steps up. Its usually been someone of a low socail status. Someone that people wouldn't guess would play such and important role in history.
This is where the lesson steps in for me. I should never doubt someone's mission, or doubt when God puts something huge on my heart.
He can do great things with people that aren't....... whoa! I kinda like that one.