the king again said to [Queen] Esther,
"What is your petition … ? It shall be granted you …”
Then Queen Esther answered
“Let my life be given me … and the lives of my people …
For we have been sold … to be annihilated”
For we have been sold … to be annihilated”
Esther 7:2-4
Do you remember the story of Esther? A foreign king marries the most beautiful woman in the land, Esther. Esther is Jewish, but the king doesn’t know it. (He’s much more interested in her beauty than her identity or her brains.)
God is active, however. He has placed Esther in this place for “such a time as this” (Es 4:14). When one of the kings henchmen starts persecuting the Jews, Esther’s uncle, Mordecai, convinces her to reveal her identity and save her people.
Do you believe that God has placed you where he’s placed you precisely for “such a time as this”?
He has.
Like a reluctant Esther, we sometimes feel like we she should “keep religion in its place.” Therefore, we are often too silent when culture steps on religion.
Let’s be warm. Let’s be winsome. Let’s be joyful, rather than shrill. But let’s be bold enough to speak up before freedoms are annihilated.
In Christ’s Love,
Mr. Esther
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