Such a time as this

Esther

I went through a Beth Moore study on Esther. Once you focus so intensely on a book for a period of time, it's hard to read it again with fresh eyes. That's the problem I have when reading Esther. Still, there's always fresh goodies to be seen. It's a great book filled with encouragement and irony. Got to love how God works things out.

I guess the best part is in chapter 4 verse 14. "For is you keeps silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" How else can you respond to that except with "If I perish, I perish". Mordecai was explaining to Esther that she has been called by God to do something big. But God, being God, doesn't need her. He is fully capable of delivering His people without anyone's help. She has been called, but God doesn't need her. Esther chooses to step up to the plate. She probably knows her Jewish history well enough to realize that her God can deliver her from anything.

And He did.

He allowed vengeance where it was earned and victory where it was needed. You can crush God's people and get away with it.

So who knows in your life or in mine. Maybe God has called us here for such a time as this? Life somethings sucks or somethings we have big shoes to fill. But who knows?

I'll tell you what I know. If you hear a call to do something that seems right but impossible, chances are you'd better do it. God doesn't call us to things that we can do alone. What's the point in that?