| We have a choice to work within God’s plan. |
| (Esther 4) The story of Esther is a story of God’s love for God’s people; God worked in the life of Esther for the good of God’s people in Israel. This story tells of how God puts Esther and us into positions and situations for God’s purpose. For Esther, the words of her cousin Mordecai urged her to act so that God could use her to rescue the Jewish people. We have a choice to work within God’s plan. Mordecai reminded his cousin that if she refused to act, “relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish.” The Lord had divinely placed Esther in a royal position: but she had to choose to obey. God knew you before you were formed. He put you where you are for such a time as this. It is time for all of us to speak truth to power and back it up with actions. Can you live the rest of your life without doing what God has called you to do now? Trust in the Lord, God will use you regardless of what you think of your abilities. God has a plan for all of your abilities; God has a plan for all of our abilities together. This is a time and place that God has prepared each of us for. We each have things we can do for God’s plan. You may think that nothing you can say or do will impact what is going on in the world, but we all have God’s support and plan behind what we say and do. But you have to say and do it. God will use what you say and do. That is why God created you and prepared all of us for our current situation. ·Do it by volunteering at something you can do. ·Do it by speaking truth to power. ·Do it through constant prayer. ·Do it in your way. ·DO IT! |
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| Dan Lindquist DeaconResurrection MCC |
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