"Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, 'Do not imagine that you in the king's palace can escape any more than all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?'" Esther 4:13, 14
This passage involves Mordecai's admonishment of Esther to do the right thing in the face of a mortal threat to the people of God. Having been made aware of this threat, Esther initially offers excuses that involve peril to her own life at approaching the king about the issue despite being his wife. As a result, Mordecai informs her that she, being a Jew herself, would share the fate of the people. More importantly, he reminds her that she, as a result of the most unlikely chain of events, may have been made queen to save a people at this moment.
We all need to understand who we are in God. We are His children and He has promised to save us. Though we may not understand why we are where we are or why we must endure certain circumstances in our lives, we, like Esther, need to be reminded that we are where God put us according to His purposes. Let us always seek God's purpose in everything we do. To be sure, He has put us where we are to provide deliverance for a people.
In Revival,
Lee
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