If It Pleases the King

Scripture Esth 8:5 and said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight and the thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to annihilate the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

Observation: This is how we should make all of our decisions, we should ask ourselves if what we are about to do would please our King. Do we find favor or our we pleasing in our Lord’s sight and will this action seem right to Him? So often I have to say no, I react quickly with my best interest in mind and I pay the consequences of my rash actions. Before we make any decision let us go before our King, live a life that would be pleasing to Him so that we might find favor and make sure what we are about to do is right in His eyes.

Application: Those are the steps I need to make every time I have a decision to make, I need to go before the King. He has given me His commands through His word, He has told me how to live this life He has blessed me and has told me how I might bless Him with my actions. I can’t play dumb anymore no matter how much I would try to justify my actions I know what is right and what is wrong. I need to live a life worthy of coming before my King, I want Him to hold out the golden scepter to me when I want to approach Him and I want to bring Him joy.

Prayer: My King I come before you a humble man, but troubled. Help me control my thoughts and actions so that they will be pleasing before you. Make me worthy to enter into your presence, soften my heart to others and take this anxiety from my spirit. May I come before your throne with a pure heart and the desire to do nothing but please and honor you. I love you my King and wait until it is time to enter your kingdom as your faithful servant.