Right Time, Right People

Recently our Jewish friends celebrated the feast of Purim, which commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from death.

King Xerxes I of Persia had ordered the eradication of all the Jews in his kingdom.

This would have included Mordecai and possibly even his niece, Xerxes’ own Queen Esther (whose Jewish heritage had been hidden).

This led Mordecai to issue Esther a challenge to plead with the king on behalf of her people: ‘Who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?’(Esther 4:14, NIV).

This is a question for all of us! In each generation, God appoints men and women to work for justice in that age.

We are alive in this amazing day and hour when the whole world is longing for answers and God is saying, ‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?’

He is awaiting those who will come forward and say, ‘Here am I! Send me’ (Isaiah 6:8). But know this, deliverance will come for all those who trust in God.

We all can ask ourselves if we would rather God used someone else for the tasks he has chosen for us. But God calls each of us, and each of us can rise to the occasion!

Prayer: Dear Lord, may each of us be ready to accept your challenge to follow and serve. For Jesus’ sake we pray. Amen