Just Go with the Flow

Esther 2 (Esther Made Queen)

(vs 9) The girl pleased him and won his favor. Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food. He assigned to her seven maids selected from the king's palace and moved her and her maids into the best place in the harem.

(vs 15b) And Esther won the favour of everyone who saw her

After having 'disposed' of his queen, King Xerxes was asking for all eligible virgins to come to the palace for a year of beauty treatments. The young girl who won his favour would then be his new queen. Esther was a beautiful young Hebrew, brought up by her cousin Mordecai, who was living in the land after being exiled. She was brought to the palace and was asked by Mordecai to conceal her nationality as the Hebrews were not liked in the land.

Here was Esther, in a foreign palace in a foreign land not knowing the future. It wasn't an easy place for her to be. It was most likely really lonely for her and she may not have gotten much support from the other hopeful girls as they could have been jealous of her beauty and special treatment. I'm sure Esther was confused about what God was doing, but she trusted him.

Verse fifteen takes me back to the story of Joseph. Both people, Joseph and Esther, were in difficult, confusing situations but neither moped around just because the road wasn't clear. It's so easy to give up when things don't seem right. We may think what's happening isn't God's plan so we sit down and won't even test to see if this is where God wants us.

Joseph went from the favourite son, to a slave, then to the favourite slave and then to jail for at least 10 years. Most people would think now would be the time to sit down and give up. But while Joseph was there in the prison, the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did. [Genesis 39:21-23]

Both Esther and Joseph trusted God and were willing to do their best no matter what situation they were put in. And god rewarded them, helping them find favour with whoever they came across.

That's the type of attitude God loves. He loves it when people trust him enough to follow him blind folded no matter where he leads. Trusting God in any situation is what makes a grow and become stronger. And God will never ever leave us or give us something we can't handle. Personally, I think that rocks!

Blessings