SPEAK PEACE OVER YOUR DESCENDANTS

LIGHT FOR THE WAY
(Daily Devotional)

Saturday 1st October 2016

Topic: Speaking Peace Over Your Descendants

Text: "For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king
Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and
accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking
the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to
all his seed" (Esther 10:3).

When the Lord gave Mordecai a position as
second-in-command over the providences of King
Ahasuerus (Xerxes), Mordecai made a point to
see to the welfare of the Jews and his own
personal descendants. One key way he did that
was by giving them a peace declaration. In
Esther 10:3, the King James says “speaking
peace to all his seed.” The Amplified says it
similarly. Some other translations say he spoke
up for their welfare. I believe both angles apply.
Mordecai had the position to not only give voice
to the people’s needs, but he also spoke over
them in such a way that it set their course in
peace.
As God’s people, we have been given authority to
form the future
of both our natural and in many cases spiritual
descendants. Parents can do it for their children.
Pastors can do so for their congregations, and so
forth. We provide peace to our descendants in
two key ways. First, look out for their benefit.
Create an environment where they will enjoy
personal fulfillment and growth. Second, speak
peace over them and to them. Declare their lives
will be blessed and full of abundance. As the
person who God has positioned, you have a
divine gift to form their future. Stand up today
and speak peace to your descendants.

PRAYER
Father, I decree peace over my descendants
today. I say their future will be full of the peace
of God, and I commit to create for them a positive
environment of peace. Amen.

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Isaiah
51:17-23,
Isaiah 52,
Isaiah 53,
Isaiah 54
Ephesians 1 Psalm
109:21-31