My Esther Moment

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14 NIV

Last month, I spent a couple of weeks studying the Book of Esther. I knew I would enjoy it and learn a lot, but I didn’t expect God would use it to speak to me. I shouldn’t have been surprised.

God uses what we know and where we are to speak to us.

The first seven weeks of this year were exhausting and discouraging for me—to the point that I was ready to give up writing.

How could I concentrate and focus on writing for God when other parts of my life seemed to be spinning out of control?

Maybe you’ve had similar thoughts…

Why bother?

I can’t do this anymore.

I don’t want to do this anymore.

In my heart, I knew I couldn’t give up writing, but my mind was listening to my body and to the enemy.

Physically, I was tired. Emotionally, I was completely fatigued.

And the enemy knew when and how to attack.

I was ready to give up.

And then God got my attention.

I heard from a friend who had visited my blog, and she let me know how something I had written touched her. And as we talked, I heard the “everything is fine” façade crack.

I realized I wasn’t the only one struggling with constant attacks from the enemy, emotional breakdowns, and feeling like the New Year was off to a rough start.

I felt humbled that God used me to reach her, but I knew that if it wasn’t me, He would use someone else. So, it didn’t matter if I quit or not.

And in His amazing way of making a point, He put me in the story of Esther.

If you don’t write, someone else will, and God will work through it, but what if He’s put you here for such a time as this?

God will accomplish His plans with or without me. But to think that He’s put me here, at this time, to be a part of it…I don’t want to miss that.

How about you? What is your Esther story?

Whether you realize it or not, God has put you where you are, right now, to be a part of His grand plan.

No one can do exactly what you do. God planned it that way.

He created each of us as different as our fingerprints. And He knows what you can do—not alone, but with and through Him.

If He’s called you for His purpose, you can expect that He’ll walk alongside of you.

Every step of the way.

For such a time as this.