February 27 Telling the Threat

Esther 4:5-8 Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs, who had been appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was. 6 Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king’s gate, 7 and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews. 8 Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and command her to go to the king to beg his favor and plead with him on behalf of her people. 
 
IN this account, we see how Mordecai is a type, a picture, of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
    See, first, how Mordecai recognizes the full extent of Haman’s evil decision to destroy the Jews. Mordecai knew the full monetary cost of the scheduled mass murder. Jesus knows the full cost of Satan’s evil desires to destroy mankind.   
    Second, Mordecai wrote down every detail to inform Esther of the great threat against her and the Jews. Jesus is the Living Word of God (John 1). He has written everything down to tell us completely of Satan’s great threat against our individual lives and the lives of all in the world.
    Further, Mordecai has given his message to a trusted messenger. Jesus has given his message to you. Can he trust you to tell the true message of the deadly danger that threatens mankind’s souls?
 
Prayer: Lord God, thank you for sending your Son to tell us the message of sin. Thank you he then gave to us the message of salvation. Turn our ears to listen to the Living Word. Open the hearts of many to know the power of the gospel to save. In Jesus’ name, amen.