Esther – Chapter 2

He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. Esther 2:7 – Our lacking of something doesn’t cancel out our ability to be used by God for His purpose. Esther sadly had both her parents die. What we see though is that while that was a big part of her story it didn’t make it impossible for her to be a part of God’s story. You as well might be missing something. Possibly a loss of someone special, or a health limitation, or it’s a mistake that you made in the past that follows you everywhere. Know if you’re willing to be used by God nothing you see as a limitation is actually a limitation to God. He can use you as you are. The only thing that holds Him back is our unwilling, disobedient heart. If we allow Him to use us, everything in our story, even the things not there, God can use for His glory. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 911

And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her. Esther 2:11 – The king had made his decree to have the young, beautiful women of the land brought to him to find his new queen, and Esther was one such woman. For a year she undertook a beautification process that each woman was required to take before coming to the king. She was taken from her home, brought most likely against her desires to be presented to a foreign king, and was away for a long time. Yet her cousin Mordecai, the one who raised her after her parents died, came each day to visit and check on Esther in this season she was in. Let’s seek to position ourselves in each other’s life like Mordecai did with Esther. We all more than likely have friends or family that have found themselves in a season they didn’t ask for and is lasting longer than they desired. While we can’t change everything for them, we can be present for them in this season. We can check in to see how they are doing, we can pray with them and over them, we can choose to walk with them through the hard. We all find ourselves in seasons during life that are unwanted and difficult, but what a change it is when someone shows up alongside us in that season to support. Be a Mordecai in the life of those you know are walking through tough seasons. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2518