Vashti Deposed.
Esther 1:13-22
We read here that the king was greatly upset by Vashti’s refusal to come to the party, and so were all his princes. They all felt that it would create a precedent where all the women in the land would go into a revolt against their husbands!
They felt that if Vashti were not made an example of, that she would become a role model for all the women of the day to follow, in disobeying their husbands.
How much we see this today among wives who want to do their own thing, even in many cases to making their own way in life without their husbands! The things that are written in the New Testament (and remember that these things were not authored by sour old men as some people say, but by the Living God) truly make for a happy home. When all else fails, turn to the Maker’s Handbook!
God says many things that cut right across the popular thoughts of today. Things like “women fitting in with their husbands plans”….(Ephesians 5:22 Living Bible), that is, not taking the lead out of his hands. How much do we wives respect and praise our husbands up? Nothing makes a man feel better than to know he is looked up to by his family (Ephesians 5:33b). Not only that, but children will follow this example as well.
One of the things that God takes notice of and appreciates more than anything else in a woman is a quiet and gentle spirit that comes from deep inside her. This is classed as being “precious” to God. Probably because God knows it doesn’t come naturally to we women!! We have to work on it and God appreciates the effort we make in this direction! (1 Peter 3:1-4)
Vashti paid the price for her revolt (for whatever reason, valid or not), and was banished from being queen. Unless we treat our husbands like a king, we won’t be treated as a queen!
God’s ways are right and lead to life, None more so than for a wife, To keep our spirit calm and meek, Is God’s desire for us to seek!
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