Prayer Is The Solution

Spirit & Life Devotional
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Chinaemerem Joshua Ibezim

Prayer Is The Solution

“Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!” Esther 4:16 NKJV

A decree was issued to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, on a certain day, and to plunder their possessions. Virtually all the Jews mourned. Mordecai also wept and even tore his clothes, but he knew that crying alone would not solve the problem. His niece, Esther, being the queen had to intervene urgently.

There was a problem though: there was a law stating that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king, who has not been called, was to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, that he may live. Esther needed to see the king, but she had not been called to see him in thirty days. Going to see him without an invitation was a big risk; she could lose her life!

There was only one way out: to pray. To dare to do the seemingly impossible task Esther knew that she had to pray; her life depended on prayer, as it were. That's the kind of approach you and I need to have. When there's a mountain before us we must learn to pray; when we have to take risks we must pray; when there are challenges seemingly mightier than our abilities, instead of running away, let's take it to the Lord in prayer.

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