{"id":1509,"date":"2021-11-14T14:22:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T20:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2021-11-14T14:22:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T20:22:26","slug":"stand-and-learn-to-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/14\/stand-and-learn-to-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand and Learn to Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cThe fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.<\/strong>\u201d
Proverbs 29:25 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Esther is an amazing book in the Bible. One cannot read the\nname of God in the book (except in hidden places). Yet, God moves in unobvious\nways in the affairs of men to bring about the salvation of His people. As you\nread the events, one can recognize a few noticeable things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mordecai is the cousin of the young woman who became the\nPersian King Ahasuerus\u2019s queen. Her name was Esther. Mordecai had raised her\nafter her parents died. Mordecai had not revealed that he was a Jew in Shushan,\nand had told Esther not to reveal that she was a Jew. However, there was a day\nwhen Mordecai was told he must bow to Haman, the enemy of the Jews (see Esther 3:10). \u201cNow it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened\nnot unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would\nstand: for he had told them that he was<\/em> a Jew<\/strong>\u201d (Esther 3:4). It\nwas then that Mordecai chose to stand. He would not bow to Haman, the enemy of\nGod\u2019s people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after this, Haman lied to the king about the Jewish\npeople and convinced him to make a law to kill all of the Jewish people. When\nMordecai heard, he cried and fasted. When Queen Esther heard of Mordecai\u2019s\ncondition, she sent clothes asking why he was crying and fasting. He sent a\ncopy of the law to Queen Esther. He told her she needed to go to the king and\nask for the lives of her people, the Jews. Esther understood the Persian law \u2013\nif she went to the king without first being called, he could have her put to\ndeath. Mordecai encouraged her that she could not keep her peace at this time\nsaying, \u201c\u2026 <\/strong>and who knoweth\nwhether thou art come to the kingdom for such<\/em> a time as this?<\/strong>\u201d\n(Esther 4:14b). What was Esther\u2019s reply to Mordecai? \u201c\u2026 A<\/strong>nd so will I go in unto the king, which is<\/em>\nnot according to the law: and if I perish, I perish<\/strong>\u201d (Esther 4:16b).\nEsther then fasted for three days (most likely asking for God\u2019s wisdom and\nmercy).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who have read the events, you know that Esther went\nto the king and he did not kill her. Esther risked her life, willing to die,\nand was able to save her people from death. Reading the timing of the events\nthat took place, one cannot help but recognize God moving in the events of\nthese people at this time and place in history, bringing about the salvation of\nhis people from certain death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does this have to do with a Christian who lives in the\nworld today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a point in each Christian\u2019s life that they must\nstand. They are to stand for the Lord and His people, against the enemy of\nGod\u2019s people. \u201cWatch ye, stand\nfast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong<\/strong>\u201d (1 Corinthians 16:13). Christians are to watch, stand fast in\nthe faith, and be strong. How is a Christian to stand for Biblical principles?\n\u201cThat your faith should not stand\nin the wisdom of men, but in the power of God<\/strong>\u201d (1 Corinthians 2:5).\nIt is then that we are to remember some amazing things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In each of the four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John),\nJesus said some very important things that we should recognize and implement\ninto our lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • \u201cFor whosoever will save his life shall\nlose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it<\/strong>\u201d\n(Matthew 16:25).<\/li>
  • \u201cFor whosoever will save his life shall\nlose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the\nsame shall save it<\/strong>\u201d (Mark 8:35).<\/li>
  • \u201cFor whosoever will save his life shall\nlose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it<\/strong>\u201d\n(Luke 9:24).<\/li>
  • \u201cHe that loveth his life shall lose it; and\nhe that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal<\/strong>\u201d\n(John 12:25).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    What is a Christian to do with this information? Recognize\nthe following: \u201cI am crucified\nwith Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the\nlife which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who\nloved me, and gave himself for me<\/strong>\u201d (Galatians 2:20). A Christian\u2019s\nlife is no longer their own, it belongs to Christ who died for that life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Christians are not to live in fear of man, but place their trust in the Lord. \u201cThe fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe<\/strong>\u201d (Proverbs 29:25). Esther trusted God, and she was able to save her people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Have you learned to stand, not saving your own life, but losing your life for Jesus\u2019 sake?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Esther is an amazing book in the Bible. One cannot read the name of God in the book (except in hidden places). Yet, God moves in unobvious ways in the affairs of men to bring about the salvation of His people. As you read the events, one can recognize a few noticeable things. Mordecai is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[385,166,42,149,186,835,836,834,701,267,228],"class_list":["post-1509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-with-verse-and-blog","tag-christian","tag-enemy","tag-esther","tag-fear","tag-god","tag-haman","tag-lose","tag-mordecai","tag-save","tag-stand","tag-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1511,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions\/1511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}