SUCH A TIME AS THIS!

Esther 4:1-14 TLB

When Mordecai learned what had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, crying with a loud and bitter wail. [2] Then he stood outside the gate of the palace, for no one was permitted to enter in mourning clothes. [3] And throughout all the provinces there was great mourning among the Jews, fasting, weeping, and despair at the king's decree; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. [4] When Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, she was deeply distressed and sent clothing to him to replace the sackcloth, but he refused it. [5] Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs who had been appointed as her attendant, and told him to go out to Mordecai and find out what the trouble was and why he was acting like that. [6] So Hathach went out to the city square and found Mordecai just outside the palace gates, [7] and heard the whole story from him, and about the $20,000,000 Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasury for the destruction of the Jews. [8] Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the king's decree dooming all Jews, and told him to show it to Esther and to tell her what was happening and that she should go to the king to plead for her people. [9] So Hathach returned to Esther with Mordecai's message. [10] Esther told Hathach to go back and say to Mordecai, [11] "All the world knows that anyone, whether man or woman, who goes into the king's inner court without his summons is doomed to die unless the king holds out his gold scepter; and the king has not called for me to come to him in more than a month." [12] So Hathach gave Esther's message to Mordecai. [13] This was Mordecai's reply to Esther: "Do you think you will escape there in the palace when all other Jews are killed? [14] If you keep quiet at a time like this, God will deliver the Jews from some other source, but you and your relatives will die; what's more, who can say but that God has brought you into the palace for just such a time as this?"

 

The Lord God is strategic in working. Timing is everything! Have you acknowledged and accepted that you are here for such a time as this? What does this mean? Where has God placed you to be influential in this season? Are you using that influence over situations that arise wisely?

The Bible tells us that Esther was placed in an influential position “for such a time as this”—God’s purpose was accomplished through Esther in the perilous time in which she lived. Esther was a Jew living among the exiles in Persia, like so many of us living among many people with strange cultures and customs that are so different from ours in beliefs and faith.

Esther was brought up by her cousin Mordecai who taught her all she needed to know to fit into King Ahasuerus’s palace. In adherence to Mordecai’s instructions, Esther did not reveal to anyone that she was a Jew. In time, Esther won the favour of the King and was crowned queen in Esther 2:17. Where are you now, are you positioned for such a time as this? God has raised us as He raised Esther to act in a particular way in history for His purposes. We’ve been raised as saints in our day to make an impact for God’s kingdom, but are we? The time came for Esther to publicly declare her identity after she had been forbidden because it was now time for God to use her for His ultimate purpose.

Wherever you are right now, whatever your situation, God has a plan and a purpose to use us for His kingdom at this time in history. We are not wherever by accident, and our lives are not random. God is at work around us and through us. Sometimes all we have to do is pay attention and look to Him because He is constantly busy on kingdom business even in seemingly normal and natural things.

Esther was placed where she was for when the time for deliverance came, so she could be used for that time. She finally had the chance to present her petition to the king and use the opportunity for deliverance to pursue her people’s freedom. We’ve all been called to God’s kingdom for such a time as this! Have you accepted the mission? Are you already on board with the mission? If we don’t accept the mission, help or deliverance will rise from somewhere else, and God will raise someone else to assume the mission.

We mustn’t allow fear, as 2 Timothy 1:7 says to stop us from being used for the Lord’s kingdom for such a time as this. God can always accomplish His plans without us because He is sovereign, but He works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will according to Ephesians 1:11 and as Esther’s experience shows God uses people in fulfilling His purpose.

No matter what the situation or location, God has His instruments of deliverance and victory positioned “For such a time as this.” God has at the ready brave, committed, and obedient individuals who will step out in faith and accomplish God’s work. If you disobey Him in the call for such a time as this, He will carry out his plans through someone else, and we would miss the opportunity to be used for kingdom purposes.

Remember that God’s call to serve is beneficial to us because every opportunity to serve is an opportunity to be blessed.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

-        Where has God positioned me in this season, and how am I intentionally using my influence for His kingdom purposes?

-        In what ways might fear be hindering me from stepping fully into God’s assignment for “such a time as this”?

-        Am I responding with obedience to God’s call, or am I at risk of missing the divine opportunities He has placed before me?

PRAYER: Father in the name of Jesus, I thank You for positioning me in this season according to Your divine wisdom and purpose. You have placed me where I am for such a time as this, and I ask for the grace to recognise the influence You’ve entrusted to me and to use it faithfully for Your kingdom.

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