How to Live in the Month of Adar

We are now in the final month on the Hebrew calendar, called Adar. The meaning of Adar is strength, and it is the month of completion. When we finish the year in strength, we prepare to enter our next season to receive the blessings God has in store for us.
 
The dominant event that occurred during the month of Adar is when Queen Esther saved her people, the Jews. She was one of many beautiful virgins brought into the haram of King Xerxes because of her great beauty. Esther entered the palace in the month of Tevet, the tenth month on the Hebrew calendar, and was able to gain the favor of Hegai, the eunuch charged with overseeing the beauty preparation of the women. Because of her humility and respect for Hegai, he moved Esther into "the best place in the house of the women." (Esther 2:9) There she began twelve months of beauty treatments.
 
God had a plan for Esther that would "test her mettle." She would need courage and strength and the ability to overcome adversity. Candice Smithyman's book, 365 Prophetic Revelations from the Hebrew Calendar says, "We are never truly promoted until we are faced with a situation where we have to stand for righteousness..." (Page 339) So it was with Esther. It came to her attention that the King's most honored noble, Haman, was plotting to destroy all the Jews in the kingdom of Xerxes. (127 provinces from India to Ethiopia) It was determined that this would happen in the month of Adar through casting the Pur or lot. Esther's cousin, Mordecai, warned her by saying, "If you remain silent at this time, relief or deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"
 
Esther was about to be promoted. She had been positioned to make a change in King Xerxes's kingdom. The prophet Kim Clement said before he died, "Your destiny dictates your present circumstances." How true this was for Esther! She would be tested in her faith and would need to stand strong in her battle against the enemy of her people. Fasting and prayer became the order of the day as Esther asked her people to join her in this. She was given a strategy to prepare a lavish banquet for the king where he would be overjoyed with her attention. In return she requested that the king grant her life. She added, "And spare my people--this is my request. For I and my people have been sold for destruction and slaughter and annihilation." (Esther 7:3 and 4)
 
Haman came to the end of his road, and a gallows that he built for Mordecai was used to hang him. An order was written to override Haman's which would allow the Jews to assemble and protect themselves and to plunder the property of their enemies. Mordecai became second in rank to the king. Queen Esther and Mordecai designated Adar 14 and 15 as day for a yearly time of celebration of the victory for the Jewish people. Today, Purim, as it is called, is still celebrated by Jews all over the world.
 
What can we learn about this month that will impact how we live in Adar? This is a time for us to develop war strategies against our enemies. Those enemies could be physical or spiritual. God will be pleased to help us in this endeavor as we ask Him. He has already given us the mighty weapon of His Word. We should break wrong decrees spoken over us with the truth of God's Word and persevere until the battle is won. We must remember that the favor of our King Jesus will overturn every curse. When a curse is overturned the door of our destinies will be opened.