The king asked,
“What is it, Queen Esther? Tell me what you wish.
Even if it is half of my kingdom, I will give it to you.”
Even if it is half of my kingdom, I will give it to you.”
---- my own,
This is a sinful king moved by his queen when she approaches him to plead for her people. She was, in truth, not seeing him as her husband, the king; as she pleaded her cause, she was in truth seeing her Lord and her God as she pleaded for her people, who were God's too. The Holy Spirit moved the heart of the king to show great compassion and tenderness to her, and he assured her to make known to him without fear what she wished, and he would grant it, even if it were half of his kingdom.
How much more, my own little one, do I gaze on with tenderness, love, and compassion? I hear you, I see you as day after day you come to Me with tears, grieving, heartbroken, pleading the cause of your loved ones before Me. You come to Me with confidence and lay all your prayers of petitions before Me, and you ask Me to answer you according to My will. Yet, worry continues to assail you. You continue to be brought low with sorrow and sadness. You see that your prayers are not answered in the manner in which you had hoped and prayed for, and this is what distresses you so much. This is not how you are to pray, ---- my own. No. You are to bring all your prayers of petitions to Me with confidence and trust. You must surrender the entire troubling situation to Me without telling Me how I ought to act and bring about the outcome you desire. Rather, keep praying unceasingly, but pray with confidence that whatever the outcome, it will be good. For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and those you love, not to harm you, but plans to give you and those you are praying for a grace-filled future and hope. You know from all your past experiences, as you walked through the dark valley with tears, that in the end, I brought you and those you prayed for into My own marvelous light. So it will be this time as well. Leave the outcome to Me. Have I not said that in all things I have the power to bring about a greater good, no matter how desperate the situation may seem? Trust Me with the confidence of a little child. Keep praying with trust in My power to answer you in the manner that is in accord with My Father's will, and then sit beside Me with your head against My breast, like a weaned child on its mother's lap, and be at peace. Serene, I will surely bring about the greatest good from what appears to you right now, a very difficult and very troubling situation. I will act, I will answer, just not as you envision but as I, the Lord your God, do.
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