Esther and Celebration
“…the Jews
celebrated and had light and gladness and joy and honor.” Esther 8:16
The Book of Esther gives us a picture of the church. We are first at the gate. Then we step into the palace. There we
undergo the spiritual preparations needed for the next step. We require humility to handle authority and
appropriate the victory. It is in the
palace that we are faced with the riveting question: “Could it be that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as
this?” The throne awaits us. We have access. Have we been prepared? Are we ready to touch the scepter – prepared
to say, as Esther did, “If I die, I die?”
Do we have the boldness as a church to finish the bridal preparations, step to
the throne and hold out our hand to the King’s scepter of righteousness?
After the death of Haman and rescue of the Jewish people,
there was a celebration, called the Feast of Purim. According to Esther 8:16, “the Jews celebrated and had light and
gladness and joy and honor.” The season of “mourning and fasting, weeping and wailing,” found in Esther 4:3
had ended. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” Ps. 30:5
Let’s pray: Father,
if we have found favor with You, hear our pray this day. We thank You for the season of being at the
gate, God. We exalt Your Name on high
that Your Son came to save us; and that He found us, waiting at the gate. Thank You, Father for entrance into Your
royal palace. It is a wondrous place O
God, and we thank You for the beauty preparations of holiness, of humility, of
love, of righteousness and of cleansing.
Thank You that You lovingly prepare us to be a bride without spot or
blemish. Teach us to be holy. Teach us Your ways. Father, could it be that we have come to the
kingdom for such a time as this? Is it a
time to complete the beauty preparations?
Reveal to us the season, Father.
Finish the preparations – let the 12 months come to pass. We see Your throne, we see Your scepter in
front of us. Let us move in the Spirit
to where You occupy the throne. Make us
a ready Bride, Father. Prepare us for Your
Son. We pray this in the name of Jesus,
our soon returning King. Amen.
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