For Just Such A Time As This

February 13, 2015

For Just Such A Time As This

Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”

Esther 4:14

Mordecai’s question to Queen Esther helped her understand God’s purpose for her life, and his question is just as pertinent to each of us. Substitute for the word queen one of the many identifiers that reveal your roles in the world, for we each play many roles. For instance I could be minister, pastor, teacher, husband, father, brother, neighbor, board member, etc. etc. In each of those roles, I play my part in one of two ways (or perhaps a combination of both): by following the norms of the world’s culture, or by trusting God. We would like for our choices to be a no-brainer, as trusting God certainly is the way for the followers of Jesus. But trusting God is seldom easy and often puts us in direct conflict with our environment, thus most of us find ourselves drifting between the ways of the world and trusting God.

The parade of the unseen cloud of witnesses in Hebrews 11 makes it clear that the way of faith, of trusting God, is the road less-traveled. As the writer of Hebrews put it, “All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it” (Hebrews 11:13). Even so, Queen Esther and these other witnesses bequeathed a compelling heritage to us. When the Queen made her leap of faith and seized the moment, she told Mordecai, “. . . though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die” (Esther 4:16b).

In each of the roles we play, there may well come the moment when we are called by God to make our leap of faith, to seize the moment, and take our stand, trusting in God. When your moment comes, remember you are not alone and you can take your stand next to Queen Esther and the other saints: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith. . .” (Hebrews 12:1).

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

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·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ  is available as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

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