IIT UBF - University Bible Fellowship at IIT

Daily Bread

Key Verse: 7:3

First, spare my people (1-4). The king was pleased with Queen Esther. He asked her a third time to state her petition and promised her up to half his kingdom. She did not evade the truth. She told the king plainly about the impending disaster facing her and her people. The king demanded to know who was responsible for this, and Esther pointed to the vile enemy of God's people, Haman. Her courage and faith in God grew to where she was not afraid to confront her enemy before the king.

Second, Haman is hanged high (5-10). Haman was terrified. The king left the room in anger and went out into the garden. Haman's pleas to the queen became ardent; when the king came back in, Haman was falling on the couch where Queen Esther was reclining. The king was enraged at Haman's rude behavior and ordered Haman hanged. A eunuch reported that Haman had constructed a 75-foot gallows to hang Mordecai, who had protected the king. Xerxes ordered that instead Haman be hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. When we are faithful and obedient, we experience God's protection and righteous hand more than we could imagine.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for answering prayer by raising up faithful and obedient men and women. Raise up courageous women of God like Esther.

One Word: Faith and courage to stand up to evil