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SAA Notes
In considering God’s providence, note that both Esther and Mordecai act with the integrity that comes from faith. They are trustworthy people in difficult and invidious situations.
SJA Notes
* God of love and grace, please help us Your people bear fruit in keeping with repentance.
“And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai.”
Here is Mordecai working for the good of the city where he lived, placed in exile there by the Lord God.
Mordecai could have tried to weave plots and subplots, play games with the information he had – But no, he did what was right in the eyes of his God.
Two eunuchs wanted to do the king harm. Mordecai told the Queen, who told the King. Esther also told the King that it was Mordecai who brought the information forward.
Mordecai didn’t succumb to selfish motives. He knew it was the right thing to do, regardless of what might have been. And so he did it.
Mordecai is an example for us today, as is Esther.
Let us be encouraged to do what is right in the Lord’s eyes regardless of what personal gain we might seem to miss out on.
* Mighty God,
It is Your Name we bear in the world as Your people.
Please help us to bear it well, to honor You and keep Your Name holy.
Amen.