Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
The palace is the highest seat of
governance and decision making in any nation, community or city. This explains
why the palace is held in high esteem and people who work in palaces or have
any form of connection to palaces carry certain airs about them even when they
are not highly placed workers. There are two reasons for this – one way or the
other, they are connected to the seat of power in the land and can to an extent
have access to the King or his cronies. They are also able to access certain
privileged information that could benefit them or people close to them.
Mordecai was one such person.
Though a gateman at the palace in Shushan, his ears were close to the ground.
He knew early enough about the search for a queen contest and asked his younger
orphaned cousin, Esther; who lived with him to participate in the contest.
Through divine intervention, she won and became queen in the land. Though this
did not earn Mordecai any immediate promotion or economic or political rewards,
Esther’s strategic but divine position in the land palace came in handy when
the need arose. Her connection to the palace was divine, timely just as
Mordecai’s connection to the palace was for her; stepping stones to greatness.
While Mordecai’s connection served as entry point for Esther in paving the way
for her participation in the search for a queen contest, Esther’s connection to
the palace also paved the way to Mordecai’s greatness in the land as Mordecai
eventually became the number two citizen in the land and together, they ensured
that Haman’s evil decree to annihilate the Jews did not see the light of day.
Though Nehemiah served as
cupbearer to King Xerxes, yet Nehemiah was able to request certain privileges
from the King which enabled him access state resources for the rebuilding of
the broken down walls of Jerusalem. This
implies that connection to the palace grants access to state resources for the
achievement of divine purposes.
