“For if you keep 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?” (Esther 4:14 ESV)
This past weekend, I read the book of Esther. It is an interesting story of plots, secrets, drama and intrigue. After Vashti gets disposed by the King of Persia, Esther becomes the new queen. Esther has a secret though; she is one of the exiled Jewish people. Haman (a high official of King Xerxes) plots against the the Jewish people, because he has a run-in with Esther’s uncle, Mordecai. At the end all turn out well for Esther, Mordecai, and the Jewish people.
What baffled me most about the book of Esther is that God was not mentioned once. So, why is this book in the Bible, I am wondering. I really don’t have an answer, but maybe it shows that God places us in certain areas so that we can be faithful, no matter what?!? I don’t know.
But one thing I know for sure is that God has placed you and me where we can be best utilized by Him. I have shared more than once that I really do not enjoy Arizona. But I know in my heart that He has me here for such a time as this to serve Him. I just need to be open to Him so that He can use me wherever He needs me.
Lord of Mercy and Grace. You know my heart and You know that I would be rather somewhere else. But I also know that You are faithful and placed me here for such a time as this. May I follow You without resistance and keep close to You. In the precious name of Jesus. Amen
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Dear Iris
This is the sixth time I have tried to respond and thank you for asking me to do a guest devotion on Laced with Grace, i was so happy, I always receive a blessing from your posts and they always lift me up no matter what is going on at that moment, Love Gloria Powell