Book of Esther: The Power of Social Capital
Your dreams will happen through the conduit of your social capital

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How decisions are made in corridors of power can be quite interesting and unbelievable. It sometimes involves power brokers that are highly placed persons/principal officers and at other times just regular guys( gate-man, chef, house cleaner etc)

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1. HIGH PROFILE: One of the 7 chamberlains (a senior royal official in charge of managing a royal household) of King Xerxes was the one that suggested what should be the punishment for queen Vashti’s disobedience.

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Est 1:10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

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Est 1:19,21 AMP 19 .... let a royal command go forth...., that Vashti is to [be divorced and] come no more before King Ahasuerus (Xerxes); and let the king give her royal position to anoth 21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did what Memucan proposed.

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2. LOW PROFILE
SERVANTS: King Xerxes’ servants suggested to the king,to should send word to all its 127 provinces, to nominate fair virgins from which the king would make a pick of a wife. This single suggestion from the king’s servants led to many virgins being recruited.

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Est 2:2-4.. the king's servants who ministered to him said, Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king. 3.... gather all the beautiful young virgins to the capital in Shushan, ... And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.This pleased the king,

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MORDECAI: was a certain Jew on exile who works in the palace. He didn’t have a title, wasn’t a principal officer in the palace, but he was Esther’s cousin. Mordecai took her cousin Esther as his own daughter and inculcated in her the values and culture of the Jews.

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Est 2:7-8 Mordecai had a very beautiful cousin named Esther, He had raised her as his own daughter, after her father and mother died. (8)When the king ordered the search for beautiful women, many were taken to the king's palace.... and Esther was one of them...

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In a nutshell before Queen Esther could emerge, there were strategic inputs made by key persons at different times under different scenarios.
The chamberlain, Memucan played his role
The King’s servants played theirs
Mordecai (Esther’s cousin) played his

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Your dreams are possible as you recognize and value the inputs of others
Nobody is self-made.There'll be those who would open doors for you and take a bet on you.
Build bridges don’t burn them
Ingratitude is a bad repulsive
Life’s manual puts it this way; “honor all men”
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