08/21/2026
Mordecai and Haman are foil characters in the story of Esther. Mordecai worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews. He was honored for doing that. He became great among the people. Haman sought after such honor and didn't care what he had to do to get it, yet in the end was dishonored. Mordecai humbly worked on behalf of God's people and he is the one who received the honor in the end.
Where do you need to work on behalf of God's people? Where do you need to work for the good of believers and to speak up for the welfare of people? May we humbly seek the best for our fellow believers and serve without hesitation.
Dear God, Thank you for how You work for the good of Your people. Thank You for the book of Esther and how You remind us through this book that You are always with us and working in and through our lives. May we never forget the powerful lessons we have learned through this study. Like Esther, may we live our lives to advance Your kingdom and Your will through our lives! Amen.
📖 “So the Jews accepted what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them. For Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur (that is, cast lots), to crush and to destroy them. But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing that his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. Therefore they called these days Purim, after the term Pur. Therefore, because of all that was written in this letter, and of what they had faced in this matter, and of what had happened to them, the Jews firmly obligated themselves and their offspring and all who joined them, that without fail they would keep these two days according to what was written and at the time appointed every year, that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, in every clan, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never fall into disuse among the Jews, nor should the commemoration of these days cease among their descendants. Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew gave full written authority, confirming this second letter about Purim. Letters were sent to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, in words of peace and truth, that these days of Purim should be observed at their appointed seasons, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther obligated them, and as they had obligated themselves and their offspring, with regard to their fasts and their lamenting. The command of Esther confirmed these practices of Purim, and it was recorded in writing.”
Esther 9:23-32 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/est.9.23-32.ESV
📖 “King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea. And all the acts of his power and might, and the full account of the high honor of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? For Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.”
Esther 10:1-3 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/est.10.1-3.ESV
Love God Greatly - Esther
https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/16559
