Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, in humble adulation:

“‘Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king. Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful girls into the harem’…When the king’s order and edict had been proclaimed, many girls were brought….”
(Esther 2:2-3; Esther 2:8)

What would it have been like to be one of the girls not chosen, Jesus?

The feeling of helplessness –
having no control over her own life.

The loneliness of suddenly being uprooted from family and friends
forced into a foreign environment with baffling rules and procedures.

Being valued only for her physical attributes
forced to debase herself in futile competition

surrendering her virginity to a spoiled monarch
who cast her aside after one use.

Few of us get to be the “chosen one,” Jesus.

Most of know

helplessness
loneliness
debasement

firsthand.

Until, stunned…

we realize we’ve been chosen

by You.

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Genesis 18:16-19; Genesis 24:12-22; Exodus 31:1-3; Deuteronomy 7:6-11; Psalms 89:3-4; Matthew 22:1-14; Mark 13:14-20; Luke 1:8-9; Luke 18:6-7; John 15:18-20; Romans 8:31-35; Romans 11:1-6; Ephesians 1:11-14

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.