I was fanning through the Book of Esther this morning. The word
"God" does not occur in the entire Book Of Esther. Yet, the Lord God is at work
through the pages of the Book. We are fascinated how the Lord uses common people
like us to accomplish His mighty deeds in His Story that is still unfolding. He
used Esther to demonstrate His mighty power. I have been and am blessed to have
many beautiful and brave women in my life, whom the Lord has used to bless my
life.
There was a crisis - both a national and spiritual crisis
that occurred in the book of Esther. Esther was facing a challenge. She sent a
response to Mordecai that we read about in Esther 4:15-16
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will fast just as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”
Mordecai’s great appeal to Esther was based on a great principle: the greater the privilege the greater the responsibility. The more you have, the more you have to answer for. The more God has given you, the greater your responsibility to use it for his Kingdom.
There is no safety in the world. Bad things happen to good people all the time. We also learn that there are no coincidences in life. You are where you are because God wants you to be there. You probably are not a queen in a foreign court (as Esther was), but wherever you are right now, God had a hand in getting you there. Your highest calling is to use your position in life to support the cause of Christ in the world. In the end we must do what Esther did—fast and pray and seek the Lord so that when the time comes, we can do the right thing, the hard thing, the tough choice that lies along the road of obedience to God, leaving the results with Him. That’s the real meaning of, “If I perish, I perish.” Those are solemn words of faith spoken by a woman who has put her life in God’s hands.
There is no one so free as the person who is not afraid to die. If you do not fear to die, then you are free to serve the Lord and do whatever he calls you to do.
I love to read British History. On Christmas Day 1939, King George VI of England gave a brief radio address to his troubled nation. England was already at war with Germany. Soon all of Europe would be plunged into the horror of brutal, unrestrained warfare. Hoping to calm the troubled hearts of his countrymen, the king offered words of encouragement as the storm clouds gathered overhead. He ended his remarks by quoting a hitherto unknown poem by Louise Haskins, “The Gate of Year.” It has since become known around the world: “I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: ‘Give me a light, that I may tread safely into the unknown!’ And he replied: ‘Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.’”
What a word this is for us today. No one but the Lord of history knows what the future holds. Let us do as the poet suggested and place our hands in the hand of the Living Lord who is the Light of the world, and let us go out into the unknown future with confidence. Knowing that we are walking the Living Lord, the Risen One, we need not fear the future. To walk with the Lord is the greatest of all joys, and it is indeed safer than any known way.
In Christ,
Brown
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