Raising Generations III

Wednesday 15 February
READ: Est. 2: 5 – 7
MORE LESSON: Est. 10: 2 - 3

Mordecai was a Jew in exile in the Medo-Persian Kingdom. He had humble means as he was a gateman at the palace in Shushan. Mordecai took Esther, an orphan, under his care and began to take care of her among his own children. Esther was Mordecai’s niece. There would have been no hope or future for Esther if not for Mordecai who became a father to her and made her a part of his nuclear family.
A time came when King Ahasuerus wanted a queen, he ordered all the young girls in the kingdom to be paraded before him, perhaps he would find one that suited him to be his queen. Mordecai told Esther to go for the pageant and helped her to prepare. Mordecai not only provided for Esther's need as a parent but also opened her to opportunities that would take her high in destiny. Mordecai probably had other daughters that were his biological children. But as the father, he knew all of them, and knew that it was Esther that had what it took to win the pageant and become queen, so he supported Esther. The favour of God was with Esther and she became the queen over the realm of over 127 provinces and cities that Ahasuerus ruled; spanning India in Asia to Ethiopia in Africa. The orphan girl of yesterday that Mordecai
raised had become the wife of the most powerful man in the world.
In raising Esther, Mordecai probably didn't know that he was raising and preserving the whole generation of Israel. When Haman wanted to eliminate the Israeli race from the world, it was because Esther had been raised that the life of Mordecai and every other Jew was preserved. That wasn't all. When Esther finally disclosed her identity and lineage as a Jew, Mordecai had to be recognised as the father of the queen and so was given a pride of place in the kingdom. Through Esther, Mordecai advanced till he became the second in command to the king. For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went throughout all the provinces, ...for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater: Est. 9:4.
The best you can do with your life and resources is to invest in people. Invest in your children and invest in other people's children. Let your life be a ladder that raises men irrespective of their tribe, family, gender or race. Just go out of your way and look for people to raise, you may not know the full implication of what you are doing now but the future will tell. God will give you grace to raise generations of people, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Pray that the opportunity you need to be raised and raise others will not elude you, in the name of Jesus.
* Pray that your seed shall be greater than you, in the name of Jesus.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, I banish every spirit of sympathy visit this year, in the name of Jesus that is above all names.