Overcoming Incredible Fear

“Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.” – Esther 4:16 Yesterday, I encouraged you to trust that God is safe and actively working to set you free from anything that holds you back. Step forward with confidence, knowing God is for you. This brings us to the book of Esther—a story about a teenage girl overcoming incredible fear. Esther, a Jewish orphan, becomes queen of Persia through a beauty contest. She is King David’s great-niece, so she has royal lineage, but she hides her identity from the king. The king dismissed his former queen—he’s this unpredictable, larger-than-life emperor—and