Esther 4:5

Esther 4:5 says, Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.  Under the laws of the kingdom, Esther and all other women were severely limited in what they could do.  She couldn’t go directly to Mordechai and ask him what was bothering him, so she sent Hatach to find out.  Some religions today put many restrictions on what women may do, but as followers of Christ, this should never be true.  We are all equal, both male and female, under His authority. 

Verse six adds, So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.  Hatach went to Mordecai in Esther's place, and the Holy the Spirit goes to the Heavenly Father in our place today to bring our cares and concerns to Him.  He is our Advocate. 

Verse seven continues, And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.  Mordecai told Hatach everything that Hamasn had done to receive permission to kill all the Jews.  If we have concerns about anything today, we must go to the Holy Spirit and tell Him our concerns.  He will take them to the Heavenly Father then, but we don’t have to go to anyone else to bring our concerns to God.  We all have equal access to God if we are followers of Christ. 

Verse eight concludes, Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.  Mordecai didn’t just tell Hatach what Haman was doing, but he also sent the written decree to Esther.  He then asked her to go to the king and speak for her people.  We shouldn’t expect people to just take our word about what is wrong in the world today, but we should be able to back it up with the Bible, God’s written word to us.  Of course, what Mordecai was asking of Esther could put her life in danger, but she had to be willing to risk it in order to save her people.  We may be asked to do something today as we stand for God that will put our lives in danger, but we must be willing to do so.