“Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” - Esther 4:14 (NLT).
The positions we attain to in life as believers may not just be for ordinary reasons but for a special blessing. When we look at Esther and how her adoptive Father, Mordecai, raised her to eventually become queen of King Xerxes (Esther 2); a role she was to use to save the Jews from being destroyed, we see that clearly. Haman was the most powerful court official but with a sinister motive. “Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes” (Esther 3:6)
Fortunately, Esther through Mordecai’s hand had just become Queen, and she used her position to influence the king against carrying through Haman’s plot. She pleaded, “If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request. For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated” (Esther 7:3-4). The King asked who was behind the plot. “ Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!” (vv 6). In the end it was Haman who was led to the gallows.
As believers it is important to realize that we are not in certain position by chance. To begin with there are junior positions that in a way may be a special blessing to the one at the top whom everyone looks up to. A driver of a powerful official maybe his chief confidant and offer good counsel when sought. And the one at the top maybe in such a position to influence major decisions with long term consequences. The believer who is aware that he is not in such a position by chance will of course always seek God’s guidance.
It obviously goes back to the question weather our lives here are by chance. According to Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Knowing that your life was marked out long before you came to be, it obviously means wherever you are as a believer there is a reason. Today, you may ask God to reveal to you that special purpose, if it has not yet become clear and once you discover do not neglect it!
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, I know I was created for a reason and today I pray you help me find that purpose, if not already clear to me, to serve and bring glory and honor to you, this I pray in Jesus’s name.
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29/04/2024 - 30/04/2024 All day“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid” (John 14:27)
One of the most moving Christian song ever written is, “Its well with my soul!” To hear it sung in cathedrals, concerts or at funerals, always leaves many with goose bumps. It has uplifted many through the most difficult of moments, soothing their weary spirit.
It’s coming into being in many ways show how God so often uses difficult situations to bless so many. In 1871 Horatio Spafford, was one of the wealthiest lawyers, based in Chicago. He was also a devout Christian, along with his wife Ann, and their four daughters. But early in 1871 came the Great Fire of Chicago that destroyed Spafford’s sizable investment.
Devastated from the loss, Spafford, seeking to recover, two years later, decided to go for a holiday in Europe. But at the last minute he was detained by business, letting Ann and his four daughters to proceed, hoping to join them. No sooner had they left when the ship in which they were had an accident and sank within minutes. All the four children drowned, though Anna survived.
Spafford on receiving the news decided to go and pick up Ann. As he got to the spot where the ship had sunk, in his despair came the words that have brought respite to so many, through generations. “When peace like a river attendeth my way. When sorrows like sea billows roll Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say It is well, it is well with my soul... Let this blest assurance control That Christ (yes, He has) has regarded my helpless estate, And has shed His own blood for my soul. It is well...With my soul..
It is well, it is well with my soul.”It is said as Ann saw her daughters going down, she said, “God gave me four daughters. Now they have been taken from me. Someday I will understand.” And, indeed, “It is well with my soul” was God’s gift to all of mankind through a tragedy.
Prayer for today: Lord Father God of heaven, sometimes through tragedies, it is difficult to understand or appreciate the moment; but as the song goes, whatever the difficulty may be, “Its well with my soul” for you are with me, no matter! This I pray in Jesus’ name!
