Apologetics

In The Court Of Beauty

by Olawale Ogunsola
07/22/25
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Beauty is not a "tangible thing" but it can be seen to exist and it is in the eyes of the beholder. True beauty is not a function of cosmetics and hangings. It is an inside-out thing. Meaning that natural beauty comes from within.

This was displayed by Esther on the verge of her becoming a Queen in the palace of King Ahasuerus. She did not request additional cosmetics besides what Hegai, the keeper of women offered her. She did not "dress to kill" anybody nor her destiny(do you understand this?). She accepted the recommendation of the person in charge and it was well with her.

Do you know that Apostle Peter also echoed this in his epistle to all Saints in 1 Peter Chapter 3:1-4? He asserts that it is not the hanging of material things that matters but the inner beauty of a woman, as portrayed in the life of ancient women of faith.

As a wise woman, when death came calling on her and her people, her beauty was of help. She appealed to the court of beauty when she told the king to reverse the death sentence passed on her race. She said if she still looked beautiful (pleasing) to the king, the sentence should be nullified. The king performed her request, Esther 8:5.

It takes wisdom, not being clamorous that can bring the best things from a man, especially a husband. Esther's decent way of dressing retained her beauty and she was able to call her husband's attention to it when it mattered most which yielded the desired result.

Beloved, do you dress to please the Lord, the head of the church? Do you look pleasing to Him, inside and outside? You have to do this so that anytime, you can appeal to the court of beauty before Him to get your request granted, 2 Kings 20:1-6. Hezekiah did this for good results, Let your inner contents be pleasing to the Lord for great benefitsAnd said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:”. You can at any time appeal to the court of your beauty before Him.
Stay blessed and prepared for the imminent coming of the Lord.