NEVER FEAR DEATH!

“I also and my maids will fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish” (Est 4:16)

 

Finally, after three days of prayer and fasting, Esther goes to see the king. The law of Persia, Haman the Prime Minister and even tradition, all these stand against her. Her only ‘asset’ is Jehovah. The God of her people is on her side. But that is all what she needs for ‘God is the God of the living and He is not the God of the dead’ (Mk 12:27).

Miraculously, Esther receives mercy. This sign alone means that God is on her side. The intended bribe of Haman has failed to influence the king to hate his wife or to misunderstand her motives. The ball of victory starts rolling and it will not stop again!

 

This is a very important lesson for the children of God: Never fear death! If God is on your side, you shall live! Never forget that! In Christ, death is your property, your faithful servant! “The world, or life and death, or the present and the future… Everything belongs to you and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God” (1Cor 3:22, 23). In Christ, death is not able to betray you and kill you without your permission. Death should intimidate or manipulate your emotions. Especially during trials of health or other difficult circumstances, be sure that you do not fear death; you do not bow down to the demon of death! That is what the pagans do! The fear of death is dead! The boldness of life has to come in! The joy of faith has to manifest!

This is from ‘the sermon’ Jesus preached to Martha:

“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.  And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this? (Jn 11:25, 26)

 

What are the lessons?

You have to trust and obey God! Not only trust, but also obey His leading!

You can do only what you can do…after that trust that God shall intervene and defend you!

Fasting and prayer are mighty weapons for spiritual warfare!

Maintain the unity of the Spirit! Submit unto God and humbly obey your spiritual mentors!

God’s calling for your life may manifest thru crisis or painful events!   

Trust in God to the end! Serve God to your last breath!

 

In Christ I declare:

This is my testimony of great deliverance! This is my story! This is my song!

“I didn’t die. I lived!

    And now I’m telling the world what God did.

God tested me, He pushed me hard,

    but He didn’t hand me over to Death.

Swing wide the city gates—the righteous gates!

    I’ll walk right through and thank God!

This Temple Gate belongs to God,

    so the victors can enter and praise” (Ps 118:17-20; TM)

All glory to God!

In Jesus name

Amen!