每日箴言（中英）｜以斯帖—阻止罪恶发生

每日箴言

以斯帖—阻止罪恶发生

“焉知你得了王后的位分，不是为现今的机会吗？” - 斯 4:14

? 灵修

“为什么是我呢？”当有人请你做一件事，或者悲惨的事发生在你身上，你是否问过这个问题呢？

当以斯帖表兄末底改建议她借用自己的位分阻止屠杀本族人民，以斯帖可能会问过这个问题。但是末底改劝说她，在犹太人中除了她没有谁和王有这样的关系。所以或许这就是神使她成为王后的原因——在这个位分上，阻止这等可怕的罪恶发生，拯救她的同胞。

以斯帖知道自己该怎么做。她请求所有的犹太人禁食三天三夜，这包括热切祈求神的拯救。所以，当以斯帖走进王的宫殿时，包裹她的不仅是美丽的朝服，还有神百姓的祷告。在那个房间里不只是王，神也在那里。

我们必须牢记，在我们的世界中，神也一直和我们同在，祂在我们前面为我们预备地方、机会、选择和各种可能。我们有一位关心我们的神。我们可以欢欣，任何事的发生都不是偶然，甚至生活中的悲伤和造成损害的事仍在神的掌管之下。

赞美神！每早晨我们醒来的时候，都可以肯定神是信实的，祂会带我们度过每一天。赞美神！耶稣已经来到，阻止了罪恶的发生，拯救了祂的百姓。

? 祷告

主啊，当我们受伤和害怕时，求祢帮助我们记得，祢必定保守和看顾我们。愿我们今天安息在祢的爱里。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

普世佳音每日箴言

? Queen Esther

"Who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?" — Esther 4:14

? Devotion

"Why me?" Have you ever asked that question when someone asked you to do something or when something tragic happened to you?

Queen Esther may have felt that way when her cousin Mordecai suggested that she could use her position to stop the annihilation of her people. Mordecai reasoned that no one else among the Jews had such access to the king. So perhaps that's why God had made Esther queen—to be in a place to stop such a terrible evil from happening and save her people.

Esther knew what she had to do. She asked all her people to fast for three days and nights, and this would have included fervent prayers to God for deliverance. So when Esther walked into the king's throne room, she was wrapped not just in a beautiful robe but also in the prayers of God's people. It wasn't just the king in that room; God was there too.

We must remember that God is always with us in our world too, preparing places, opportunities, choices, and options ahead of us. We have a God who cares. We can rejoice that nothing happens by chance and that even the sad and hurtful things of life are under God's control.

Praise God that we can wake up each morning knowing that God is faithful and will carry us through each day. Praise God that Jesus has come to stop evil from happening and to save his people.

? Prayer

Lord, when we are hurt and frightened, help us to remember that you watch over us and care for us. May we rest in your love today. Amen.

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