Esther – Part 2

I’m linking up again this week with I am Just One Girl and her amazing Changing History series.  Today I am continuing with my story of Esther.  You can go here to read Part 1.

She is fearful at this point, but is willing to sacrifice for the good of her people.  Now let’s think about that for a minute.  She has been elevated to the status of Queen of the land.  There are not a lot of people, other than the King, who carry more weight or significance than her.  She has but to snap her fingers and it will be done.  And yet she is willing to lay down her life for her people.  Willing to give it all up to save a nation.

 Technically. 

She had security, she was safe.  As long as she followed the laws  of the land and the customs of the palace no harm would come to her.  That seems like a pretty sweet deal to me.  Spa days, maids of waiting, the best food, the best clothing, the best of…  Everything.

She wisely puts her God-given beauty to use and prepares herself for an audience with the king.

You’ll notice that Esther doesn’t run to the King.  She doesn’t bang down his chamber doors and demand Haman’s head.  She doesn’t even become hysterical or weepy.  She prepares herself like one should when they are approaching royalty and waited.  When she was called forward she deferred to the reverence of the situation and made herself lower than her station – touching the end of the sceptre was a sign of submission.   And all through this I am sure that Mordecai’s words are running through her mind… For such a time as this.

Esther approached the King with reverence and patience.  She used the time and resources that God granted her to put into action events that would save Israel… For such a time as this.

The single mom, desperate for someone to tell her that she is not alone – For such a time as this.

The person ahead of you in the grocery store who cannot afford all that she needs –  For such a time as this.

The small child on your TV screen who has known nothing but poverty and heartache – For such a time as this.

The  friend who shows up at your door unannounced, weary and looking for conversation- For such a time as this.

The hurting, the hungry, the downtrodden, the oppressed and the down and out – For such a time as this.

This is our time.  Now is the moment.  And we have been given a certain confidence to come boldly before the throne room of God and ask of Him what we need.  We have been given this boldness because of the cross of Jesus Christ, the holy sceptre of heaven. The cross that bloomed gnarled and ugly out of the hill of Golgatha and where our Saviour pressed his wounded back on splintered wood… For such a time as this.

The whole earth His and yet the whole earth often feels as if it spins on the axis of crazy.  Floods, hurricanes, murders, drug abuse,  homelessness, starvation… all of it just screams insanity.  And yet we find ourselves paralyzed by the fear of the unknown before we act.  We wonder how we could possibly be part of this time.  

For such a time as this.