The Mordecai Anointing

The story of Esther is a powerful prophecy to women of every culture and every generation that God does not look at women as second-class people. Religion and certain countries may feel women and girls are inferior, but they are not inferior in the eyes of God.

God took a simple orphan Jewish girl who was a virtual unknown in both Jewish society and the Persian kingdom, gave her favor and promotion until she was selected from the parade of virgins to be the next queen of Persia.

After she was selected Queen, Haman came to power and secretly hatched a plan that would become a law that on a certain day all the Jewish people, both men and women boys and girls would be massacred in the 127 provinces. Modecai then confronted Esther with a reality check in these words: don't think you will escape just because you are in the palace! Who knows? Maybe you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

While we celebrate Esther's bravery, her purity, her perseverance; there is someone in this story we don't hear much about: Modecai. I am convinced the man behind Esther's success was not Hatch the chief of the parade of virgins. It was Modecai!

Esther would have forever remained Hadassah had there not been a Modecai to take her in after her parents death. Modecai raised her, instructed her in character and integrity and purity of heart and body. And while Esther is the only book in the Bible that doesn't directly mention God's name, you can see throughout the narrative Modecai poured the scriptures and faith in Jehovah into her life.

I believe there is a generation God is raising up with an Esther anointing. Both men and women of purity, holiness, righteousness, character and integrity who will not march to the voice of the spirit of the age nor the spirit of religion, but they have been tested and tried in the Word of God and bathed themselves in the power of the Holy Spirit that will lay down their lives for the completion of the Gospel to our generation!

But they cannot do it without the Modecai's coming forth!

Are we doing ministry to simply be discovered? Or are we sincerely allowing God to develop us into the men and women HE wants us to be?

I am doing a lot of soul searching these days. I realize in order for me to complete my assignment to the Maasai people as well as the American people with revival I must be "discovered" by churches and people who will partner with us.

God has asked me to give up a lot of things in my life. I'm not saying that seeking for applause, nor am I trying to gain pity. I know there is a crown of life awaiting me that is far greater than any platform or applause or recognition I could ever gain in this life!

And please don't think I am jealous or envious or attempting to be critical of bi ministries: everyone has their calling and their place in this life!

But I don't know how to say this and get people to hear me: it's not about us having the biggest church, or the largest ministry or the shiniest airplane or the biggest house or the nicest car: IT'S ABOUT BUILDING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND RESCUING SOULS FROM HELL, NOT TRADING AND TRANSPLANTING EACH OTHERS CHURCH MEMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!

It's about the Mordecai's and the Aaron's and the Hur's taking their places around the Moses' and the Esther's to rescue a generation that has been orphaned by society, orphaned by religion and denominations and even some churches; pouring into them the Word and the Power of the Holy Ghost till they can stand and say as Esther said, if I perish, I perish!

Who knows? Maybe we have come to the Kingdom for such a time as this?