Mordecai Part VII

 

ATTRIBUTE #7 = Man of CHOICE & POWERFUL WORDS

Note: once again the fonts are a little funky, 'not sure why this is happening...

Cliff Notes Version:

- Esther tried to smooth things over, but Mordecai “received it not”

- Esther wanted “… to know what it was and why it was”

- Mordecai gave a copy of the decree to show to Esther to show to the king to “make supplication unto him and to make request before him for her people”

Ecclesiastes 8:5 “He who keeps a royal command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.”

- So there's this back forth between Esther & Mordecai about royal protocol

- Mordecai utters these timeless words:

Esther 4:14 “and who knoweth (yāḏaʿ) whether thou art come (nāḡaʿ = to touch, reach, strike) to the kingdom (malḵûṯ = royal/sovereign power, dominion, realm from the word mālaḵ = to become king/queen, reign) for such a time as this (zō'ṯ = now, in this place)?”

Look at the choice words that Mordecai used in inspiring Esther: words of war, words of offense (not defense), words of a militant/purpose-driven nature:

reach, strike… sovereign power, dominion... reign… now, in this place

Imagine how these words hit Esther, imagine how that inspired her. As men of God, our words should be choice words, inspired by the Spirit for the specific situation/person/tribe we are speaking to: words of power, words of challenge, speaking to king in the person not the fool, speaking to the potential of the person.

Proverbs 25:11 “A word fitly (ōp̄en = timely) spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver”

2 Timothy 2:12a “If we suffer, we shall also reign (symbasileuō = to reign together, to possess supreme honor, liberty, blessedness, with one in the kingdom of God) with him...”

Our words contain incredible power, use them wisely (Proverbs 18:21)

We were born in this time/era/nation for a reason (Jeremiah 1:5, Acts 13:36)

We are to live/operate/manifest the Kingdom of God/His name (John 17:6)

We are a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9)

We have the victory (1 Cor 15:57, 1 John 5:4)

All authority has been given us (Luke 9:1, 10:19)