21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king…
Queen Vashti also made a feast for the women in the royal palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus. On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, to bring Queen…
You’re not perfect, so you would definitely make mistakes, but the difference between you and the others is that instead of making excuses, you make amends. Thank God for the blood of Jesus that is available for us to be cleansed of all unrighteousness at any given time. When God chastises you, He’s not trying to condemn you, He’s giving you an opportunity to come back. He’s telling you “I know what you did. I want you to repent so that I can bring you back into the warm embrace of my love”.
When you give in to your fears, it will push you from frying pan to fire, instead of one line, you will cross ten. Because until that fear is eliminated, you will not feel comfortable with yourself.
“Then David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet. Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, Michal,…
Have you ever been angry at God? I have. And every time man is angry at God, it was them that messed up. In our text today, David was angry at the Lord.
Beloved, you wrestle not against flesh and blood. Your enemy is the devil, not your boss, colleague, pastor, or president. It should hurt your heart to see that those who carried God’s grace fell so far that they became tools in the hand of the enemy.
Beloved, life can be discouraging, to say the least. Sometimes it can feel like an avalanche of troubles has been unleashed on you and you are struggling to breathe. In these times, do what David did and encourage yourself in the Lord. That means finding your joy, hope, strength, and confidence again in God. How do you do that?
I have a question for you, if you had a rare opportunity to destroy an enemy would you pass it up? I don’t even have a yes to that question. I am a peaceful person but I am not usually in the habit of letting my enemies go scott-free. Yet I understand why David did.
When we tell the story of the friendship between David and Jonathan, we seem to omit how much courage it must have taken for Jonathan to maintain a covenant with the one person his father hated the most. It took courage to defy blood relations and family ties. He had to endure the consequences of his covenant. The discomfort in the palace, the tension with his father, and the sneers from those loyal to the throne.
