Author: bidcstark

“The king asked, What honor or distinction was coffered on Mordekhai for this? The king’s servants answered, Nothing was done for him.”
Esther 6:3 CJB

Remember, Mordekhai uncovered a plot to kill the king and was never recognized, honored or rewarded for this, but in the LORD’S timing everything works out!

“My soul, wait in silence for God alone, because my hope comes from Him.”
Psalm 62:5 CJB

When we need to be recognized or acknowledged for something, we need to wait for the LORD to do it! When we boast or push to get or take credit for something, we often times look foolish!

“Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.”
Proverbs 27:2 CJB

Today, be careful of looking for praise, recognition or acknowledgement, but instead wait for the LORD and praise Him!
Have a blessed day waiting for the LORD to work!

“Haman boasted to them about vast wealth, his many sons, and everything connected with how the king had promoted him and given him precedence over the other officials and servants of the king.”
Esther 5:11 CJB

We all need to be careful of what and who we boast about, unless it’s the LORD!

“When I boast, it will be about Adonai; the humble will hear of it and be glad.”
Psalm 34:2 CJB

When we boast in ourselves, politics or finances, it will always bring us down! When we boast about the LORD, we will always be glad! But boasting about things of the world, we will always be brought down!

“Yet none of this does me any good at all, as long as I keep seeing Mordekhai the Jew remaining seated at the King’s Gate.”
Esther 5:13 CJB

Here we see Haman boasting in himself, until he sees Mordekhai the Jew (man of God) and it just makes him angry! That’s what happens when we boast in ourselves, something will always anger us!

“We will boast in our God all day and give thanks to your name forever.”
Psalm 44:8 CJB

Today, let’s boast in the LORD, who will always make us glad!
Have a blessed day in Him!

“You are not to plant any sort of tree as a sacred pole beside the altar of Adonai your God that you will make for yourselves.”
Deuteronomy 16:21 CJB

We need to be careful of building altars, shrines or even ministries that overshadow the LORD! The LORD really is a jealous God, He is jealous for us! Be careful of wasting time on foolish idols!

“For Adonai your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.”
Deuteronomy 4:24 CJB

We need to be careful of things that get in the way of serving the LORD! Be careful of allowing our jobs, finances or politics get in the way of the LORD!

“Come, let’s bow down and worship; let’s kneel before Adonai who made us.”
Psalm 95:6 CJB

Today let’s spend more time with the LORD, not the world. Let’s make Him the center of our lives!
May your day be richly blessed!
Shabbat Shalom!

“For if you fail to speak up now, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from a different direction; but you and your father’s will perish. Who knows whether you didn’t come into your royal position precisely for such a time as this.”
Esther 4:14 CJB

Esther was trying to hide, but when God calls us or puts us in a position to serve Him, we need to step up and do! If we refuse, the LORD will just use someone or something else.

“Come, bless Adonai, all you servants of Adonai, who serve each night in the house of Adonai.”
Psalm 134:1 CJB

We are to serve the LORD at all times. The trap we all can fall into is we can get caught up in politics, social issues or even just being fearful! Realize, the LORD knows our situations and we are called to serve Him!

“In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 5:16 CJB

Today, let’s be careful on what we say and do, then look for opportunities to serve the LORD! Where we are at is for “such a time as this”.
Have a blessed day in Him!
Shabbat Shalom!

“Haman was furious when he saw that Mordekhai was not kneeling and bowing down to him.”
Esther 3:5 CJB

Again we see similar things in scripture that we can relate to today! How? The world wants us to bow down or take a knee to things that are not of the LORD. We should only be bowing down to the LORD!

“Still, I will spare seven thousand in Israel, every knee that hasn’t bent down before Ba’al and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
1 Kings 19:18 CJB

How amazing to know when we don’t bow down to the world, that the LORD will not only spare us, but will give us life everlasting!

“Look to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God; there is no other. In the name of Myself I have sworn, from My mouth has rightly gone out, a word that will not return-that to Me every knee will bow and every tongue will swear.”
Isaiah 45:22-23 CJB also: Romans 14:11 and Philippians 2:10-11

Today, like Mordekhai we need to take a stand for Jesus and not take a knee to anything else, no matter how much pressure the world puts on us! We all need to stand up for the LORD, knowing everyone everywhere will eventually bow to Him!
May our day be blessed to take a stand for Him!