249. Walking in Humility (OT-#12) - Esther/Mordecai - March 16, 2023

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 16.  I will then key in on verse 19 - Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.  Friends, I have been on the subject of humility for the past three weeks.  I'm encouraging everyone to consider having a humble spirit - as opposed to living life with a prideful spirit.  People do not like people who are prideful, or boastful.  People like that are full of themselves and love to boast about who they are and what they've done.  People are drawn to people who are the opposite of that.  Consider being like that.  Today, we will take about a couple people - Esther & Mordecai, a couple Jewish people who lived in the land of Persia around 480 BC.  The King at that time, Ahasuerus called a banquet and invited all of the prominent people of the Kingdom to come to the feast.  He invited his wife to come (so he could show her off - because of her great beauty, but she refused to come).  Because of this, the King consulted his advisors and they agreed that banishing the queen from the Kingdom would be in the king's best interests.  Instead they called for all of the beautiful virgins of the realm to be brought to the King- so he could pick the next queen.  Esther is chosen.  The king is talked into issuing an edict that would kill all Jews in the Kingdom.  However, Esther herself (and her older cousin Mordecai are both Jewish).  Mordecai convinces Esther that she must talk to the king about this - or they will both die.  As a result, Esther (and Mordecai) are both saved - as are all of the Jews.