Body Of Christ Part 3 (Esther)

Body Of Christ Part 3 (Esther)

Body of Christ..

Body of Christ is led by the leading of the Holy Spirit God and by the Shepherds that God appointed. And we need to be sensitive to Spirit's leading.

In this year of greater Glory, are we sensitive to Holy Spirit , sensitive to the Word of the Shepherd.

Today,  we will see How Body of Christ should be ready for Lords second coming. 

How we can move from Glory to Glory.

Let us learn from life of Esther. 

King Ahasuerus

Esther

Mordecai

Hegai

Haman

Esther 2:2

Vasthi was invited by the king, but she refused to come.

Matthew 22: 1- 10

Parable of the King who sent wedding invite .

Those who are invited didn't come.  So the King said,  go and bring all those on road side.

Similarly queen Vasthi rejected kings invite, and the king asked to bring all the young women in the kingdom.

The encouraging things in this call is the king did not look for any specific race or background in calling out the young women.

Esther 2:2   Doesn't matter who she is, which race, which background, which family.

If we see Esther background, she is humble girl. 

Background is very humble.  No parents, 

Can you imagine a child not having both parents

But Mordecai took her as his own daughter. Mordecai represents Shepherd of Church.

This is what Shepherds do , they take people who are lost in the world and sacrifice their own careers and time and take these Esthers of the world as their own daughters and raise them up for God.

Now many young women are called. And Esther is also called.

All the young virgins are kept in the custody of Hegai.

V9- as soon as all the young women came to Hegai s custody,  some might be headstrong,  some might be careless, some arrogant, some might be rebellious,  

but as we know that Esther grew up under Pastoral care of Mordecai and as a result she won the favor of Hegai.   She was given special beauty preparations. And also 7 maids and best place in the house of Woman.

See the life of Esther:

She was an Orphan  -->  and next she became a Child of Mordecai  -->  then Under the special care of Hegai ( representation of the leading of Holy Spirit to  be prepared for the king) --> Then became the beloved wife of the king.

Glory to Glory. - This is how God grooms from glory to glory.

You and me who were orphans once upon a time and God saved us and made us His children. 

Esther after becoming Child, she obeyed Mordecai and her obedience is revealed when she was pleasing Hegai. 

Mordecai instructed Esther not to reveal who she was and what her background is.  

Esther 2: V 10: 

Esther had not revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal it. 

Esther didn't tell her family,  background or anything. 

Honestly, many people although they became born again christians, still boast about what their background and what their race, and their traditions because there was no foundation laid.

But Mordecai laid in the heart of Esther one characteristic that is obedience 

Psalm 45:10 says

Forget your family, fathers house.  The King will greatly desire your beauty.

This is a time of beauty preparation so that King will desire her beauty, and as a Pastor Mordecai knows in his wisdom what to do and he told her not to reveal and she obeyed.

Once you become a Child of God, if  are asked not to reveal what your background is and you rebel and reveal who you are ,Then you will not see that moving of one level to another level.

And Hegai moved her from one of the places in house of women to the best place in the house of Women.

Glory to Glory because of obedience you moved to another level.

V11. Is a heart of a Shepherd. Just because she is in Kings house for women, he did not ignore her, rather everyday enquiring about her. This is What a Shepherd he is.

Genuine concern of the Shepherd.

1 And every day Mordecai paced in front of the court of the women’s quarters, to learn of Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.

Paul says 1 these 3:10 , pray day and night for you

2 Timothy 1:3  I remember you day and night. 

V12: Beauty Preparation.

There is time for beauty Preparation

6 month with oil and 6 month. Remember verse 9, apart from the given allowance,  beauty preparations are given. 

What's this beauty.

As we read psalm 45, leaving the old traditions , that beauty is what king desires. 

Revelation 21: 9, 10

Revelation 19:7,8

Righteous Acts of Saints.

V13.

Now every young woman before going to the King, she can take whatever she desires to the kings palace.

Some might have taken the best of the grandest of clothes. 

Some might have the best of jewellery.

Some might have gone with best of perfumes.

What did Esther took to the king?

she took only what Hegai gave her. 

This is Church. You hear the voice of the Holy Spirit and take only those things that Spirit instructs you and take that to King. Don't go with all your old baggage.

You may say these jewellery is good, perhaps King might like it, 

But Who knows better about Lord Jesus, only HolySpirit God. The Spirit leads us into all Truth.

How did Rebekah go to Isaac ? With father s house ornaments ? Or what Eliezer gave?

Esther obeyed Mordecai. and obeyed Hegai and finally became queen.