The King’s Gate
“But Mordecai went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it. “(Esther 4:2)
Mordecai was among the first to hear of the horrifying royal decree by the King… that all Mordecai’s people were to be brutally attacked and killed, that not one person was to be left alive. Imagine the horror, an entire people group wiped from the face of the earth. Mordecai’s grief was overwhelming. He tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a loud and bitter cry. He wailed aloud in the city right up to the “King’s gate”. However, not allowed to enter the gate in his present state, dressed in his garb of woe, he remained outside. No one was allowed to give the king any occasion of grief or trouble. Nothing and no one was allowed to dampen the pleasure of the king.
Thankfully, we serve a king who doesn’t care what we’re wearing or how discomforting our wailing cries; we can always enter the gate to Him. Today I am praying and crying out for my Syrian friends and their families in Aleppo, who are literally being wiped out by war and destruction! May they enter His gate.
Jesus is the approachable king, ready and willing to heal our wounds and mend the broken-hearted. He is an ever-present and loving Father. Look to Jesus. Trusting in Kings or men will inevitably leave you standing at the gate.
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