TREASURES OF THE BIBLE, Week September 18 to 24, 2023, “Let's learn to communicate like Esther”, Prepared

TREASURES OF THE BIBLE, September 18-24, 2023, “Let's learn to communicate like Esther”, Prepared Speech. 

“Let's learn to communicate like Ester” (10 mins.)

It has always been said that speech is the magical thread of communication, and how wonderful it is that Jehovah endowed us humans with this wonderful gift. It is for this reason that the Bible mentions that for everything there is an appointed time and this also fits with our speech, we must wait for the right moment to use our speech. In this aspect Esther was an example worth copying since She knew how to wait for the appropriate moment to present her issue and try to find a solution.

However, Esther did not act quickly, she waited for the indicated time, thus demonstrating courage and wisdom to address the king. She was a very patient person since, being the King's wife, she could ask for everything quickly, but that was not the case. She acted wisely and put everything in the hands of Jehovah. Esther adopted the words recorded in Micah 7:7, What Let's read, it says the following:

LET'S READ MICAH 7:7.

But I, I will always be attentive to Jehovah. I will wait patiently for the* God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Esther trusted in Jehovah and knew how to wait patiently, so that when we leave things in Jehovah's hands, we may find that the solutions to our problems are much better than anything we could have thought of. So sooner or later Jehovah provides the way out of any problem.

So Esther was a very brave person and spoke when she had to speak. Let's read this event in the biblical record of Esther, chapter 7 and verses 2 to 10. Please accompany me with the reading. If you didn't find it, it says like this:

LET'S READ ESTHER 7:2-10.

On the second day, during the wine banquet, the king asked Esther again: “What do you want, Queen Esther? Tell me and I'll give it to you. What do you want to ask me? Even if it were half my kingdom, I will give it to you! 3 Queen Esther answered, “O king, if I have your favor and if it seems good to you to give me what I ask, I beseech you to save my life and the lives of my people. c 4 For I and my people have been sold so that we kill, destroy and annihilate. If we had only been sold as male and female slaves, I would have remained silent. But this misfortune cannot be allowed, as it will end up harming the king.”

5 So King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is it that dared to do this?! Where is the?! ". 6 She replied, “That adversary and enemy is this wretch, Haman.”

And Haman was terrified because of the king and queen. 7 Then the king stood up, stormed out of the wine banquet, and went into the palace garden. As Haman realized that the king was determined to punish him, he rose to ask Queen Esther to spare his life. 8 When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the wine banquet, he saw that Haman had thrown himself on the couch where Esther was. That's why he shouted: “But is this man also going to rape the queen in my own house?!” As soon as the king said this, they covered Haman's face. 9 And Harbonah, one of the officials of the royal court, said, “Haman has also set up a stake for Mordecai, who saved the king by his denunciation. The stake is in Haman's house and is 50 cubits* long. high". The king ordered: “Hang him on it.” 10 So they hanged Haman on the tree he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's fury subsided.

As we noted in the verses read, Esther does not dare to continue testing her husband's patience. So she decides to tell him everything at the second banquet, but she waits for the appropriate moment, the king himself gives her the opportunity when he asks her again. What do you want to order? The time had come to speak, but Esther was a person of faith and it is not difficult to imagine her making a silent prayer to God.

For this reason, Queen Esther boldly speaks these words: "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my own soul be given to me at my request, and my people at my request."

We observe that Esther assures the king that she will respect his decision, how different Esther was compared to the previous queen, who had purposely humiliated her husband. What's more, Esther does not criticize him for the folly of trusting Haman. Rather, she begs him to protect her because her life is in danger. Without a doubt, Esther's request moves and at the same time, she astonishes the king.

But how is it possible that someone has dared to threaten the queen with death? We note that Esther frankly states the problem, but she adds that she would have remained silent if she and her people had been sold into slavery. However, Ella had to speak, because the genocide she planned to execute would also harm the king himself.

Esther knew how to deal with a delicate matter with wisdom and great tact, using persuasion. Her example teaches us that if we ever need to expose a serious problem, even if it is a loved one or a person in authority, it is important that we follow the principle of Proverbs 16:21,23. . Please accompany me with the reading.

LET'S READ PROVERBS 16:21,23.

He who has a wise heart will be called wise, and he who speaks gently* is more convincing. 22 Insightful understanding is a source of life to its owners,

but fools are disciplined by their own foolishness. 23 The heart of the wise gives insightful understanding to his tongue and makes his words more convincing.

As we noticed, when we act wisely we understand the situation better, we will be perceptive with our language, which will make our words more convincing. In our activity guide for this week, in the image we see just that, that thanks to the fact that they followed this advice from Proverbs, they can enjoy a pleasant moment, since in the image we can see a mother and her daughter talking happily while preparing the food.

And how can we imitate Esther when talking to our family? We do this by being patient, empathetic, treating delicate matters with wisdom and tact using persuasion, since if we want to expose a loved one to a serious problem, we must wait for the right moment to do so.

Remember that at the beginning of the speech it was mentioned that our speech was a magical strand of communication. The thread is a piece of thread, generally short, that is threaded on a needle for sewing or embroidery, and to sew something it is usually put through the eye of a needle. Generally, to insert this thread into the eye of a needle we need a lot of patience and delicacy. In the same way, when we deal with issues in our family, we have a lot of patience and delicacy when speaking. 

So dear brothers, let us use our speech as Esther did, with patience, with tact, with respect and persuasion, that way we will always speak at the right time.