The book of Esther could easily be called “The God who works behind scenes”because when you read it carefully you won’t find any direct mention of God or God‘s name, but like somebody else said “the finger of God is everywhere” yes is true because only God could make happen what is written in this book.
Is very interesting how the whole narration of this book is written in a way that will conquer the attention of the reader from the beginning to the end. In chapter one we read about how King Ahasuerus deposes Queen Vasthi, something that in other moment could have been just another incident in the Persian Empire became the great opportunity for the Jews people.
How that happened? Well there was a man named Mordecai who was very aware of his people and who by faith introduced his cousin Esther as one of the candidates for the “contest” that the Persian kingdom initiated in order to replace Queen Vasthi. When I say by faith is because how in the world could this man be sure that his cousin will win? No way to know it, but he enrolled her even though it represented a huge risk given the fact that if the candidate do not win, anyway would be put in the King’s harem for the rest of her life.
Esther blessing began when the writer says: “Esther also was taken into the king’s palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. The girl pleased him and won his favor and he quickly provided for her…” (2:8-9) that would be her life, she always would find favor, and because of that she became a salvation for her people.
It is very interesting that all this things happened just before Haman the big enemy of the Jews decided to exterminate them (chapter 3) that is why Mordecai told Esther “perhaps you have come to royal dignity for just such a time as this” (4:14) In others word you are not in that position for your own sake of pleasure, but because you were put there for a greater purpose.
Esther decided to sacrifice her personal life in order to bless her people, and in chapter five, you will see that she risked her life by faith, knowing that if the King does not want to receive her, she would die. Again, we found “As soon as the king saw her standing in the court, she won his favor” (5:2) and was granted more than expected.
Are you aware that many things in this life are not possible without faith? There are many possibilities awaiting us, but we need to take steps of faith in order to acquire it. Mordecai and Esther are powerful examples of what living by faith means, they gave what they could not keep in order to get what nobody could take them.