- Then Haman said, “Even Queen Esther let no one but me come with the king to the feast she prepared. And tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king. Yet all this is worth nothing to me, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.” Esther 5:12-13 – When your focus is on your sin rather than God, the fills that God brings won’t satisfy you anymore. Your taste is for things God won’t bring into your story. While these feasts were not God trying to encourage Haman, we can see this point played out. Having alone time with the king and queen would have been a great honor, but for him it was nothing because of his hatred. So when God leads you to leave your sin it’s more than Him just getting you to stop doing bad things. He realizes that when your eyes aren’t on Him you won’t find the restoring He can bring to you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 914
- And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter. Esther 5:2 – Though there was the high possibility this action could result in Esther losing her life, she bravely steps into the king’s throne room without being called for. Her only hope would be that she would find favor in the king’s eyes and he’d allow her to approach his throne. As we can read in our passage, she won such favor and was able to approach the throne of the king. Today, know you too have won favor in the sight of the King. Jesus, the King of Kings, who sits on His throne in Heaven, has welcomed you to come close to His throne to be with Him. This winning of His favor didn’t come because of your beauty or grace like with Esther, but this favor was won solely by Jesus Himself. Jesus found us in our sin, cleansed us from our filth, put royal clothes on us, opened the throne room doors for us, and has welcomed us to approach His throne. Our only question is to ask ourselves, “Will we walk to Jesus today?” Everything has been taken care of by Jesus for us to draw close to Him today, but will we? Take hold of this grand blessing you’ve been given to draw close to the Lord today and find time to pursue the One who loves you beyond what your understanding could comprehend. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2521
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