A review by hannahleelovestoread
Queen Esther: Spiritual Warfare from the Position of Rest by Dr. Rotimi Owoade

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

In this uplifting text, author Rotimi Owoade examines the Biblical book of Esther through a simultaneously inspirational and historical lens. Queen Esther:  Spiritual Warfare from the Position of Rest suggests that, like the Old Testament heroine of the Jews under the Persian king Xerxes, today’s Christians can most effectively conquer adversity through patience and trust in God’s timing. Small, digestible tips make the concept easy to apply to one’s life; for example, readers are advised to journal and read the Bible daily and to begin each morning by “affirming God’s faithfulness and promises.” The text deftly manages to celebrate a more traditionally feminine style of spiritual leadership without wading into recent controversies on the subject. Ultimately, readers are led to the conclusion that this careful, passive strength culminates in the famous fourteenth verse of the fourth chapter of the Book of Esther:  “And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”