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Mordecaiís response to Estherís reluctance to become personally involved was sharp and to the point. There was only one choice which would benefit her personally, and at the same time be the deliverance of the Jewís from the sentence of annihilation which had been pronounced upon them. Mordecai was certain that the Jews would be delivered, if not by her actions, then by the efforts of someone else. If their escape came from a source other than Esther, the outcome would be the total destruction of Esther and her fatherís house. He was just as positive that her personal deliverance depended entirely on her confronting the king for her people. The responsibility of future of the Jews depended on Esther. Est. 4:14.
The Lord never fails to have the right person, at the right place, at the right time, who will do the right thing. In retrospect, there is no question but what Esther had indeed been chosen Queen for the benefit of the Jews. Joseph, for all the difficulties and adverse circumstances which he faced on his way to becoming the second in command in Egypt, was well prepared to deliver and sustain his family from famine. Jesus, was called upon to experience rejection and much suffering, fit perfectly into the plan of the Father. He fulfilled all the Messianic prophecies pertaining to His becoming the Lamb of God and the Savior of the redeemed. The timing and preparation of the Lord is always perfect.
Esther made a total commitment to the deliverance. It was a of life or death. ìIf I perish, I perish.î However, it was founded on the involvement of the whole of the Jewish community present in the city of Shushan, her maidens and of course Esther, in three says and nights of total fasting. They were neither to eat nor drink. The involvement of her maidens gives the impression that they were also Jewish women. They were to be ìgathered together,î unified by one cause and purpose. Too bad that it requires adverse circumstances to produce unity. The Lord definitely allows situations to develop to bring His people together.