This week, co-lead pastor Ricky continued our series through Esther with Esther 7:1-10. In these verses, Esther finally discloses her Jewish identity to King Ahasuerus and identifies Haman as the culprit. In his rage, King Ahasuerus then sentences Haman to death on the very gallows that he intended for Mordecai.
As we consider these verses, we ask ourselves: do we face any discomfort/risk/inconvenience for the purposes of God's Kingdom? We respond in prayer about where God wants to use us and take comfort in God's ultimate justice. He knows all of the evil in the world, and uses his church to move against it. While King Ahasuerus has a small sense of justice, our King has a perfect sense of justice and satisfied his wrath through Jesus's death on the cross. Praise God! Though Haman got the penalty he deserved, Jesus took the penalty he didn't deserve, for our sake.
