Do You Have The Evidence?

Esther 4:7-8
(7) Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews. (8) He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published in Susa, to show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to instruct her to go into the king’s presence to beg for mercy and plead with him for her people.

If you are complaining and shouting and raising attention on a matter you feel has been unfairly handled, do you have the evidence? Could you be shouting because you heard others shouting? Could it be that you just love attention and you are not even sure of what you are saying? Could it be that you are saying what is popularly said and commonly believed but you can’t prove it? Do you have the evidence?

Mordecai went around the city wailing and crying. Mordecai was dressed in sackcloth instead of decent clothes. Mordecai took his protest to the king’s gate. Mordecai sat there hoping to catch the attention of royalty and get some sympathy over his complaint. Esther was a cousin to Mordecai, Esther 2:7. Esther had by God’s mysterious providence been made Queen of this foreign land. When Queen Esther received news that Mordecai was at the gate protesting, she sent a servant to investigate and find out what had happened to Mordecai. Esther would have gone shouting at everyone and swearing to harm whoever had offended Mordecai, but that wouldn’t be wise. She first gathered evidence that would back up her actions. Do you have the evidence?

When you go in anger to your child’s school, to defend your child, why not gather some evidence first, before your show of anger becomes your most embarrassing moment? Why not seek clarification about the statement made, the email, the text, etc? Why rush to a conclusion and end up embarrassing yourself? When the truth becomes clear to you, it may be too little too late to apologize albeit profusely. Even if everything is obvious, gather the evidence first. Do you have the evidence?

We commonly say that some leaders are corrupt. It has been repeatedly said so many times that it seems an obvious truth until you are tasked to substantiate it in a legally convincing way, then you get stranded. Stereotypes may make some falsehoods seem an obvious truth. Get the evidence first. Do you have the evidence?

When Esther’s messenger met Mordecai, our text today tells us that he gave the messenger an evidence-based narration. Mordecai was not operating on rumors and hearsay. Mordecai had gathered evidence to support his protest. Mordecai had a case because he had evidence he could rely on. Do you have the evidence?

We must learn to be slow in reacting to issues until we gather the evidence. We should not rush to accuse without evidence. We should not rush to defend a person until we hear the complaint and have evidence to the contrary. We can defend a family member or a person of my race and tribe, only to discover that the person is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Immediately we become sympathizers of that wrongdoing. Seek evidence before complaints, before defending, and before asserting yourself. Do you have the evidence?

Dear God, help me to be patient. Save me from the rushed heroic seeking way of life that makes regrettable statements. Help me to operate by faith in you and by evidence-based way of life in these matters, in Jesus’ name, Amen!

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