Peace for God’s People.

Esther  8:1-17

   We see here that Esther was a woman of great influence with the king. This was no doubt God’s doing and she was able to see to it that Mordecai was advanced to a high position….

But Esther wasn’t satisfied with just that….. the evil that Haman had put in place had to be reversed. So she begged the king that further letters be written to release the Jews  from the sentence of death that was still hanging over them.

Not only was this done, but authority was given to them to destroy those who were their enemies without fear of reparation. What a wonderful day of rejoicing that was for the Jews! Not only that, but many of the surrounding people saw the Jews’ deliverance and “became Jews” themselves. If we live our lives as God intends us to, people around us will see that we are different and want to know the peace of God as well. This is when there will be a listening ear and a ready heart to hear what God says to them.

It will be the same for all of God’s people at the end of time too, to see all wrongs righted and evil put away for ever. What great rejoicing there will be in heaven in that day! But before that time comes, it is up to God’s people to put right as much as they can of wrong in their lives and families now, so there will be no shame when they see the Lord face to face. (1 John 2:28)

What a wonderful day when wrong is put right,                                               When there’s  day without end  and no more dark night;                                   The master of evil no more to be seen,                                                                   We can’t understand what  this will all  mean!!

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