(FACING IMPOSSIBLE SITUATIONS)

“Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews” (Est 4:7)

This is the story of Hadassah Esther. When Vashti was in the palace, Esther was ‘a Nobody’. She was a simple Jewish girl, an orphan living in the house of her uncle Mordecai. She could not have imagined that in less than a year, Vashti will be on the streets and she will be crowned as the new queen of the Persian Empire. Her husband shall be King Xerxes, the richest and most powerful man in the world at that time.

But the honey moon was short.  Mordecai tells her that Haman, the king’s best friend has been promoted as the prime minister. Haman hates Mordecai for refusing to bow down to him. The king orders all people to bow down to Haman (Est 3:2). This is strange for in the Eastern cultures men easily bow to ‘big men’. It is a revelation for us to know that the people in general hated Haman and they only bowed down to him by force. This is the secret work of the Holy Spirit restraining evil in the world and preparing the minds of men for the mighty deliverance ahead.

Because of Mordecai, Haman decides to kill all the Jews. He deceives the king and offers him money to sign a law to kill all the Jews in Persia. He does not tell the king who these people are. He does not tell the King that Mordecai who is a faithful servant to the king and saved his life, is a Jew. He does not know that the Queen is also a Jew. The money offered is ‘ten thousand talents of silver’. I read that this amount is equal with 2,250,000,000 (Two Billion, Two Hundred Fifty Million) US Dollars!!! The devil is ready to pay billions to kill the children of God!!! Selah! The king is impressed. No man can reject such a gift. But the money offered was not an innocent gift. It was a bribe.

“Do not accept a bribe! For a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous!” (Ex 23:8)

The word ‘twist’ means to pervert, to turn the mind away from truth to error, to misdirect the mind from that which is good to that which is evil, to go astray towards evil.A bribe blinds the men in authority, twists the words of the righteous and is able to poison a whole nation. The bribe was intended to blind the king to the grace and beauty of Esther. It was also given to twist her words so that she will sound foolish and not be able to intercede for her people. That was the devil’s plan.

Mordecai and Esther do not have such money. What can they do? How do you fight an evil man who is so rich? What will you do in impossible situations?

The only answer is GOD! The GOD factor! Never forget the GOD factor!

God is on Esther’s side! She does not need billions! With only God on her side Esther will win the battle!

In Christ I declare:

Only God can change men’s hearts!

The effects of bribes and occult spells shall disappear under the anointing of the Holy Spirit!

I shall continue to pray until my last breath!

The victory is mine!

In Jesus name

Amen!