Many are familiar with the story of Esther. There was a wicked man by the name of Haman who wanted to destroy the Jews. In a single day he wanted to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews (3:13). Haman told the king one story to why the Jews should be destroyed (3:8) but we know the true reason. Haman hated Mordecai, Esther's cousin, who refused to bow to him (Esther 3:5).
God will always have a people who refuse to bow to the spirit of this age. Men and women who are shut up with God and discern the times they live in. Like Daniel's friends, they refused to bow to a golden image when the devilish music played and so found themselves thrown into a fiery furnace (Daniel 3). Those who love the Lord become a target of the enemy. "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." (2 Timothy 3:12, KJV).
But gives a promise to those who press into Him and refuse to bow to an oppressive spirit ruling the day. It is the same spirit that taunts a praying mother that her drug addicted son will be destroyed. That spirit mocks a husband praying for healing as his wife lies stricken with cancer. Every godly man and woman at one time or another will hear the enemy threatening them. Kill. Destroy. Annihilate.
But God has something to say to those who draw near to Him. As we read the story, Esther took a calculated risk to approach the king when she had not been called, but God granted her favor. Beloved, don't shrink back and don't bow to the spirit of this wicked age. God has ordered deliverance for your life and the lives of those you have interceded in prayer. When Haman's plot was uncovered, it says, "Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. (Esther 8:7).
Deliverance came for God's people but Esther got the enemy's house. God will not only give us back our sons and daughters and love ones. But the storehouse of the enemy will be emptied out where he stole the years of strength, hope and joy. The enemy is plundered! Brought to utter ruin with nothing to show for his work.
And God does one more thing. The very device to destroy the life of Mordecai becomes the instrument for the enemy's demise. Just as it was written in Isaiah 14:16, "They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms".
Press in, beloved. Your deliverance is coming....and you will be rewarded with full restoration - even Haman's house.
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