"But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head..."(Est. 9:25).
Esther was an orphan girl that God raised up to the position of queen in the Persian empire. When her people were facing extermination, Esther's cousin Mordecai encouraged her to plead for her people. She was fearful at first, but when Mordecai suggested that God had made her queen for such a time, she yielded to God's will. And before she did she said, "Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me...I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish."
Esther did receive favor before the Persian King and saved her people, but not before leading her people to fast and pray before the King of kings and Lord of lords. Esther is an excellent example of what it means to be totally abandoned to God. And because she was, the Lord mightily used her.
When we surrender to God's will and rely upon Him in prayer with total abandonment, we can trust that He will have our backs--that God will be with us and accomplish his purposes in us and through us for our good and His glory.
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