Esther Mandate Devotional Day 2: For Such a Time as This - Esther Chapters 3+4
Today's Reading is Esther 3 and 4
Reflection Questions (Again, use these these to help inform our discussion!)
What pressures are trying to make you bow in compromise?
Where has fear kept you quiet when God wanted you to speak or act?
What access or influence has God given you that could be used for someone else’s good?
Prayer (Pray with us now, and at 8 PM ET on Zoom!)
Father, give me courage to stand in my identity and obey You even when it costs me something. Teach me to use my life for Your purpose and not just for my own preservation. Lead me as You will. Not my will, but Your will be done today and always, in Jesus Name. Amen.
Take Action: Read Esther 3–4 and write one sentence beginning with: “For such a time as this, God may be calling me to…”
The fasting and prayer and all the preparation Esther did in the previous chapter have led to this moment of crisis, where she must make a bold choice and, in faith, act to save her people. Some thing I've been meditating on is that God is in every one of these moments, curating Esther and Mordecai’s experiences, and orchestrating events to ensure that His people are indeed saved. Esther and Mordecai don’t know the end of the story from the beginning, but God does. That same truth applies to us as well. God is going to lead us, and our God will indeed save us.