Faithful & Fearless: Lesson 4/Day 8 Esther 3:1-6
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Mordecai jeopardizes his life when he takes a stand and does exactly what he had counseled Esther not to do: reveal he was a Jew. He has been nothing but honorable, honest, wise, and fearless. He encouraged Esther to live in the same way, even if it meant leaving her simple life with him. How was he rewarded? Well, he wasn’t. Actually, exactly the opposite. Folks, that’s the reality. Do right and get rewarded is not how it works – at least not like some mathematical formula: “do right + be good = get rewarded” Nope. Sometimes – often, actually – this side of Heaven, doing right gets you persecuted. Mordecai is on the eve of great persecution as Haman - true to his nature - begins his conniving. Pressure does that. Pressure pushes out the truest part of who we are. Mordecai’s virtue is being pressed out of him just as Haman’s villainy is oozing out. As you feel pressed and pressured, what is coming out of you? “Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth flows.” Is your mouth pouring out truth and grace? Are your words and actions, even under pressure, revealing a heart of righteousness, or does pressure bring out the indignance and entitlement in you? Remember that Mordecai’s refusal to bow wasn’t motivated by a personal resentment of Haman but from his personal conviction about the promises of God. That’s where our faithfulness must sprout from and from where our fearlessness gets it voice.
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