Have you ever started a project with great gusto, only to have left it unfinished? Most-likely. I think to be human is to have an unfinished project left dangling in one’s life. I can tell you of a few of my unfinished projects (oh the books I want to write!). I am not proud of them, but they exist.
Esther saved her life. And, she saved the life of her Uncle Mordecai. But, her story of redemption does not end with her singular salvation. She still had a mission to do, because the edict to annihilate the Jews living in Persia was still in place. So, in courage and with a sense of mission, she would one more time go to her husband-king with a request that was beyond her own self-interests. She would find the courage to ask for the edict of annihilation of the Jewish people to be rescinded (Esther 8:1-2). Esther understood that salvation was something that she was privileged to experience, and sought to bring others into.
In much the same way, people today live with a spiritual “death sentence” on them. Due to the pride and disobedience of one person sin and death entered the world (Romans 5:12). When one dies outside of the saving graces of Christ, they are destined to eternal damnation. However, in God’s mercy Christ came and reversed Adam’s death decree. And, now eternal life is possible through Christ (Romans 6:23, 10:9-10).
But, get this: it’s not just about your eternal salvation. Like Esther, we need to be people who are willing to barge into the corridors of darkness, and ask and tell (Romans 10:15) others about how to reverse the death edict of Adam. For God has granted to us all to be ministers of reconciliation (2 Cor 5:18-19). Time to get at this.
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