When the young women were brought together again, Esther's cousin Mordecai had become a palace official. He had told Esther never to tell anyone that she was a Jew, and she obeyed him, just as she had always done.
(Esther 2:19-20, CEV)
As God continues to work out His plan for His people, Mordecai is put into a strategic position as a palace official. I’m not certain exactly what his role was, but he now has better access to Esther, and his new role will put him in just the right place at just the right time. (Come back tomorrow to see how!)
Neither of them has revealed his or her heritage, and so we now have a Jewish girl as queen and a Jewish man as a palace official. This when the people of Israel are captives of Persia. Oh, the irony.
It does make me wonder, though. There are several times in the Bible when something is achieved due to deception. Abraham claiming Sarah as sister. Jacob’s stealing Esau’s birthright. Rahab lying about the spies. Now Esther becoming queen via a lie of omission.
I know God doesn’t bless a lying tongue. But even when we—whether to cover our tush-ends or with purer motives—deceive, God can and will carry out His plan.
Praise Him that He works through our fleshly, frail, sinful selves.
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