“The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.” (Es 8:16 AV)
Sometimes
we want what we think is the perfect answer to our problems in order to have
encouragement and hope. All we really
need is an answer. Haman, second to
Ahasuerus – King of the Medes and Persians, has tricked the king into allowing
the enemies of Israel to destroy them.
Esther, being a Jew herself and queen to Ahasuerus, requested the king
reverse the decree which hired out armed men to kill the Hebrews. Under Medo-Persian law, once a law was
written and sealed, under no circumstance could it be reversed. The best answer was for the law to be
reversed. But it could not be. So, the next best thing was to allow the
Jewish nation to defend themselves. The
date of the violence was already set.
Haman had been hanged on his own gallows and Mordecai, Esther’s uncle,
was not next to the king. It wasn’t the
absolute perfect solution; for no doubt, some Jews would lose their lives in
the fighting; but it was the best given the circumstances.
Sometimes,
what we need for hope and gladness is not the perfect solution. The best will do just fine. Whether it’s a cure verses treatment, a lower
paying position verses no position at all, or an imperfect spouse who is the
best thing that ever happened to us, we should be grateful for God’s provision
for us. Perfect is for heaven. The best is for here!
One
thing was for sure. One day, the Jews
were looking at complete extermination.
The next they had a fighting chance.
Maybe that is all we really need!
Maybe all we need is a fighting chance.
The world brainwashes us into thinking that life can be perfect. The perfect spouse, the perfect job, the
perfect house, perfect health. But
trouble is allowed by God that we might spiritual grow by it. The best is God’s way of building faith and
character. If we had what was perfect,
all the time, we would never change! So,
let’s pray and thank God for the best!
And, wait on the perfect!
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