daily reading 31.4 (Esther 2:1–4)

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023

Our opening prayer for this week:

What is the world to me, With all its vaunted pleasure
When you, and you alone, Lord Jesus, are my Treasure?
You only, dearest Lord, My soul’s Delight shall be;
You are my Peace, my Rest—
What is the world to me?

The world is like a cloud And like a vapor fleeting,
A shadow that declines, Swift to its end retreating.
My Jesus still abides Though all things fade and flee;
My everlasting Rock—
What is the world to me?

            What is the world to me, My Jesus is my Treasure,
            My Life, my Healthy, my Wealth, my Friend, my Love, my Pleasure,
            My Joy, my Crown, my All, My Bliss eternally;
            Once more, then, I declare—
            What is the world to me? Amen.

 

Esther 2:1–4

  • Some time later, when King Ahasuerus's rage had cooled down, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what was decided against her.
  • 2 The king's personal attendants suggested, "Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.
  • 3 Let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom, so that they may gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem at the fortress of Susa. Put them under the supervision of Hegai, the king's eunuch, keeper of the women, and give them the required beauty treatments.
  • 4 Then the young woman who pleases the king will become queen instead of Vashti." This suggestion pleased the king, and he did accordingly.
Helpful notes on Esther 2:1–4




For yourself pray:

  • That God makes you content in Christ

For others pray:

  • That for the glory of his holy name and the good of his chosen children God ends the Mexican drug war

A psalm to listen to and ponder, as time allows:

 


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