Have you ever acted or done something before realizing it was wrong and
you wish you could take it back but you can’t? Or have you ever disobeyed or
disrespected someone and you regret it so much that you wish to change the
hands of time right now and do the right thing? Well if you haven’t, I have.
Most times, we act and react too rashly/harshly to situations and circumstances
without even thinking it through. Taking a look at Esther 1:1-21, we see how
Queen Vashti lost her place in royalty, lost her position, lost her crown and
her home out of pride, reacting too quickly and acting in disobedience.
Disobedience can cause a life time of regret. In vs 19 of that
scripture above, we are made to understand that Vashti’s royal position was
stripped off her and she was banished from coming to the king’s presence. It
looks to me that she became like every other common woman in Persia that goes to
market normally and even quarrels with the market women, no more servants to
send because all her privileges were lost. Spiritually what this shows us is
that disobedience to the instructions of God causes us miss some privileges and
other things God has for us. In Numbers 20:12, because of one act of
disobedience from Moses he was not permitted to enter the Promised Land. If you
are not aware what disobedience does to a man, it takes you out of the presence
of God and when that happens you can no longer be led by his spirit neither
will you hear is voice.
The second thing to note is to know who you are
and what you are. In 1Peter 2:9, God has said we have been made royalties. This
means that we must be very careful with the words that gush out of our mouths,
with our actions and reactions to situations, because for one whatever a
subordinate or a servant sees a King, Queen, prince or princess of a Nation do
they emulate, and that almost happened in Esther 1:17. The action of the Queen
would have caused all women in that nation to disrespect their husbands because
that what they saw. Another key point for you today dear brothers and sisters
is to mind who you follow and the people following you. Please don’t live a
selfish life and think nobody watches you or emulates you. This may come
as a shock to someone reading this but I want you to know this and please try
and allow it sink in that “the destinies of others are tied to yours”. If you
choose to live anyhow and think the effect will just be on you, I want you to
know that those people’s destinies are been affected as well.
- My counsel for everyone today is to try and live a selfless life and a
life for others. It doesn't make you a lesser man or woman but a
man and a woman that has the spirit of love.
- And also let's learn to respect
the people we are in a relationship with, be it your husband, wife, friend,
church members, neighbors etc. This is to prevent us from saying something(s)
we would regret.
- For those in the business world,
ministry and even students guard whatever God has given you preciously
and with all diligence and do not lose it because of an act of disobedience, disrespect
just like Queen Vashti did.
GOD BLESS YOU!!!
