"Go, gather together all the Jews
that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor
drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast
likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to
the law: and if I perish, I perish" - Esther 4:16
This is my favorite verse in the book of Esther. This is the verse that makes me want to emulate her.
The first thing I notice about this statement is that she is willing to change when she's been shown her error. This is one of the most difficult things to do! To bury our pride and right fighting, but to openly and humbly listen to another's rebuke, and to adjust accordingly!
Next, I notice that even when she realized the right course of action, she asked for prayer, and prayed herself. She knew that even doing right is only possible through the power of the Lord!
The first thing I notice about this statement is that she is willing to change when she's been shown her error. This is one of the most difficult things to do! To bury our pride and right fighting, but to openly and humbly listen to another's rebuke, and to adjust accordingly!
Next, I notice that even when she realized the right course of action, she asked for prayer, and prayed herself. She knew that even doing right is only possible through the power of the Lord!
Lastly, her words, "if I perish, I perish." What an awesome picture of total surrender to the Lord. She realized that in order to serve the Lord at all we need to be willing to give the Lord our everything, including our lives!
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