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BEAUTY OR FAVOUR- 2

Text:  Esther 2:17.

The king loved Esther more than any of the other women, so he favored her and was kinder to her than he was to any of the other virgins. He put the royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

*Beauty can open some doors for you, but you will need more than beauty to remain in the room.* 

If it was only beauty that took Esther to the Palace, even if she managed to win the crown as the queen in chapter two, she would have opened herself up for death by chapter five.

Life will always present you with difficult moments that only God can rescue. For Esther,  she needed to go to the king without being summoned.  By their law, any man or woman who goes to the king in the inner court without being summoned will be put to death. Such one shall only be spared if the king holds out the golden scepter to him, only then shall he live. (Esther 4:11).

The onus was on Esther to speak with the king urgently or the whole of isreal will be annihilated. The assignment was noble and very urgent, yet breaking the protocol will attract death sentence. However,  with God's favour on her side, protocols were broken and instead of death she was abundantly favoured. 

When the king saw Queen Esther standing in the courtyard, she won his favor, and the king extended to Esther the gold scepter that he was holding. Esther approached and touched the top of the scepter.(Esther 5:2).

*The favour of God upon you will break protocols for you and give you unmerited promotion.*

It's important to note however that, nothing just happened, they are made to happen. Proverbs  21:1 says, *The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.* So, it's obvious that King Ahasuerus didn't just chose to favour Esther, his heart was turned to her by God.

Now, for God to turn anyone's heart to your favour, you must know how to approach that God. *Anyone who has mastered how to tarry in the presence of the King of Kings will command the favour of any other king.* 

Before Esther approached king Ahasuerus, she had stayed in the presence of the king of glory for three days, alongside with all her people.(Esther 4:16). Hence, when she appeared, favour appeared with her.

Proverbs 31:30 says _Charm is deceitful and beauty fades;   but a woman who fears the LORD will be praised._ It's safe to say that anyone (not just a woman) who fears the LORD shall be praised- loved and favoured.

Man must fear (reference) something.  It's either you live in fear (awe) of God, or you live in fear (terror) of man. If you choose the former, the later will queue to honor and favour you.

 *Bible Reading:* 

Esther 2:1-18.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1.) Father Lord, please help me to obey you always and clothe me with your glory and beauty in Jesus name. 

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