FAITH CAPSULE: Seek God to obtain favor.

Esther 3, 4, 5

God was speaking in Isaiah 60:10, “…for in My wrath I struck you; But in My favor I have had mercy on you.” The point here is that, in the favor of God is His mercy that endures forever. The favor of God is what we can seek to obtain. God is not a God that gives by accident. The word testifies in Proverb 8:35, “For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the LORD.” Are you constantly seeking for the Word of life? Esther sought God through fasting and praying and obtains God’s favor that gave life to the children of Israel. Haman was a high-ranking officer during the reign of king Ahasuerus. He devised a plot to terminate the children of Israel because their laws are different from the laws of the Land, and they would not keep the laws of the land. To escape the evil devises of Haman against the Israelites, there was a need for the favor of God to intervene. Esther was in position to go to the inner court. The Bible described the inner court, “All the king’s servants and the people of the King’s provinces know that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king, who has not been called, he has but one law: put all to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, that he may live…” Yet I myself have not been called to go in to the king these thirty days.”(Esther 4:11)
The above description of inner court demands the favor of God for anyone to approach and seek a way for the deliverance of the Israelites from the evil set of Haman. Mordecai put pressure on Esther to seek deliverance from the king on behalf of the Israelites. Esther responded by asking for days of fasting that would enable her to obtain favor of God for the Israelites’ deliverance. After Esther’s praying and fasting, the bible states, “So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther went near and touched the top of the scepter.” (Esther 5:2) God favored Esther. God’s favor upon Esther granted deliverance for the Israelites from the evil agenda of Haman. When David began to get closer to his breakthrough, King Saul needed someone that could play an instrument for his mental illness. David was the qualified one, “Then Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.””(1 Samuel 16:22) The favor of God upon our lives will draw Kings to answer to our desires. Esther found favor; David found favor because they sought God.

Prayer for today: Ask God today for the kind of favor that makes man become an overcomer.