The Book of Esther may seem like a couple thousand years ago
but we have our own version in the present.
We only have to look to Hugh Hefner and shows like the Bachelor to see
examples of present day King Xerxes…a man who surrounds himself with a group of
hopeful hearts. They sign up for a
chance to be chosen or rejected by a stranger.
They hand over their worth to a man who cares primarily about his own
happiness. Their focus is on the image
they create and the work of outward beauty.
I would be a hypocrite if I told you that I have never watched this
show. I have been hypnotized into the
show on more than one occasion.
There are so many women who hand power over to another in
the name of love…or comfort. I have seen
up close and personal the effects of putting up with the demands of a ‘King
Xerxes’ in exchange for a ‘perceived better life.’ The price eventually paid is staggering and
all encompassing…fear of loss, loneliness and sadness. My Bible Study regards living in the palace
as follows: ‘…more like widowhood than marriage.
The prestige of living in the royal palace was small compensation for
the king’s neglect, though girls with a passion for luxury could not doubt
indulge it to the full…plush but
pointless imprisonment.’
I have a family member for whom this statement was written...plush but pointless imprisonment. But she has a King who will not settle for
less than her best. She has a King who
trumps self-appointed kings with self-made kingdoms. In losing her position in his kingdom she has
inherited a better Kingdom, a Kingdom built on eternity. This girl has indeed pleased the King and is
being made into His royal family.
We all have a King who chooses out of love not out of
gain. We are all invited to approach the
throne and claim our rightful place in Royalty.
What is the catch? We must trust
that everything we are and everything we need … we already have in Christ.
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