Nehemiah 13:15 - Job 7:21
The Story of Esther is about how a person can be used as an instrument of God. Both Esther (Hadassah) and Mordecai were used by God to preserve and protect His chosen nation of Israel.
God placed Mordecai in a position to save King Xerxes life; to thwart a plot to assassinate the king. Therefore, Mordecai gained favor from the king. God placed Esther in a position where King Xerxes made her the queen, and she gained his favor. When Haman successfully arranged to have King Xerxes sign an edict to eradicate the Jews, Esther and Mordecai were in a position to influence the king.
This is what Mordecai said to Esther in 4:14 "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and 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's response to Mordecai was "When this is done (3 days fasting), I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish."
We often wonder about the times we live in. We might even feel like we don't fit in. We sometimes ask, 'What if I had been born earlier?' The truth is we have been placed in the positions we are, "for such a time as this!" For at no greater time has the capability existed to share the gospel. At no greater time has the church had the capability and ability to minister to a lost world. At nogreater time has the world been more in need of the message of Jesus.
Esther and Mordecai were in a foreign land and in a foreign place subject to someone that was not their king. But they remained faithful to God.
You and I are in a foreign place and the prince of this world (Satan) is not our king. God still exerts control and puts us in places we need to be. And our duty is to be obedient to Him and proclaim the gospel.
Let us not remain silent and neglect our duty and miss out on the blessings of obedience to God.
You were made for such a time as this!
