V is
for Vashti: A Challenge to Modesty
—Dr. Woodrow Kroll
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Name: “Thread”
Date: 5th Century BC
Identification: Persian queen refused to exhibit herself
during drunken feast
Story Line: Vashti proved to be a pagan with some
backbone
Read it in the Bible: Esther 1:1-22
Throughout history women have had to
make difficult choices between modesty and popularity. No one displayed more courage in making that
choice than did Queen Vashti. She was
the beautiful queen of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes 1) who reigned over one hundred twenty-seven
provinces from India to Ethiopia.
When the king sponsored a weeklong
feast at his citadel place at Shushan, he commanded his queen be brought before
him wearing the royal crown. But the king
and his friends were drunk and Vashti refused. The reason for her refusal is not given
in the text, but the Persian historian Herodotus notes that she feared her
dignity amidst the drunken men. The
Jewish Talmud also suggests that modesty was the issue. Apparently Vashti refused the king’s
invitation because she would not stoop to exposing herself in front of these
drunken men.
Ever since Adam and Eve sinned and
discovered the nakedness, God has been putting clothes on people, and satan has
been tempting people to take them off. But
the Bible says, Women are to adorn themselves in modest apparel (1 Timothy 2:9),
and there seems to be a direct correlation between spiritual maturity and
modesty.
It takes moral courage to dress in
an appropriate way, but that courage never escapes the notice of God. Plan your wardrobe today as you would plan
your life, knowing that you have a loving Father to please.
Source:
Confident Living Magazine
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