2. QUEEN VASHTI DETHRONED.

AHASUERUS AND VASHTI.

Who was this Persian King that ruled over one hundred and twenty Provinces stretching from India and Ethiopia?

Studies have shown him to be XERXES. He was a ruthless man, cruel and most immoral. He possessed a furious temper. He punished and slew many people though innocent of any crime.

It helps us to understand his treatment of gorgeous VASHTI. Her name means,

“BEAUTIFUL WOMAN,” who defied his drunken whim.

He commanded her to expose herself in front of his intoxicated guests. She refused, and at the advice of his High Council, they dethroned her.

This refusal of Vashti was a breach of Persian etiquette. But the King, in a cruel outrage, disgraced her, the one whom he should have protected above all others.

‘His wife.’

The queen’s refusal was courageous and fully justified.

Though we can understand that her rebuff in public to one who was an absolute Monarch and vain glorious to the extreme must have felt humiliated and exasperated as was richly deserved.

Read more of this account in,

Chapter 1:1-22.

Sometimes you have to stand alone for what you believe and suffer the consequences.

What happened to this dear Queen, we do not know. When we stand alone for what is right, the Lord will bless the outcome.

Vashti, though judged and condemned, denounced and utterly rejected, she would live the rest of her life with a clear conscience.

I am sure the Lord would have given her a rich, satisfying life. Dear friend,

DO RIGHT TILL THE STARS FALL. DO RIGHT TO THE LAST CALL. DO RIGHT WHEN NO ONE WILL STAND BY YOU. JUST DO RIGHT!!

You are ‘never’ alone. The Lord is with you, and He will vindicate you.

God may have a different direction for you, better than the previous one. God is no man’s debtor, and He always has something or someone better ahead for you.

YOU ALWAYS WIN IN THE END… THE BIBLE SAYS SO!

“WE ARE MORE THAN A CONQUERORS. THROUGH HIM WHO WHO LOVED US SO. THE CHRIST WHO DWELLS WITHIN US, IS THE GREATEST POWER WE KNOW. HE WILL FIGHT BESIDE YOU, THOUGH THE ENEMY BE GREAT.”

“WHO CAN STAND AGAINST US, HES THE CAPTAIN OF OUR FATE.”

THEN WE WILL CONQUER NEVER FEAR, SO LET THE BATTLE RAGE. HE HAS PROMISED TO BE NEAR, UNTIL THE END OF THE AGE.

“WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS; THE CHRIST WHO DWELLS WITH US IS THE GREATEST POWER WE KNOW!!” (A song that I love to sing).

IT REALLY WORKS!

Amen.

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Blessings!

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