Vashti

 

Our pastor recently preached about honour and how lack of it can rob us of positions we hold. The example given was of queen Vashti who dishonored her husband, the king, before his guests and she had to be dethroned. This sermon was deep you can go search ‘Life keys’ by Rev. George Macharia on YouTube you won't regret.

As I was reflecting about the sermon later, I tried to see things from the queen’s perspective and I realized that perhaps she had gotten so used to the king such that she forgot the position he held. To her he was just her husband even though to everyone else he was the king.

This analogy opened my eyes to how sometimes we get comfortable with the people around us we end up forgetting who they are in the first place. I am not talking about worshiping positions here, but of appreciating and honouring the position someone holds outside of our relation to them.  As much as the king was her husband and best friend, he was still the king and there is honour due to the king.

Just because someone gets vulnerable with us is not a prerequisite to now dismiss their potential. Even the bravest of soldiers takes their armor off. Seeing them without it is not an invitation to downplay their battle abilities. Naaman needed to get his off and be seen by his servant so that she could recommend help for him but not a chance for her to go gossiping how leprous he was.

All I am saying is that if someone gets comfortable being vulnerable with us then we need to respect that and allow them without prejudice. After that, we should let them continue being the heroes they are.

Don't let the Vashti in you from rightly seeing the king as the king.