If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” [Esther 4.14]
While Esther's story is compelling and certainly carries enormous meaning to the causes of faith and commitment, there is also a statement above that reveals a universal truth:
Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?
Regardless of what circumstance in which we find ourselves, should we not consider what purpose we might serve for God's kingdom from that circumstance?
It is worth understanding that Esther's circumstance was not one of a curse. In other words, she was not suffering for sin. In fact, as Queen, she was enjoying pretty much every blessing a person could enjoy. With this understanding established, we should also understand for ourselves that curses on our lives do not qualify us for the statement, Who knows if perhaps you were made [whatever] for just such a time as this? Curses qualify us for one thing: repentance. Blessings, on the other hand, should alert us to the possibility of serving an even higher purpose...
So, Mordecai's statement to Esther might be more clearly understood in the following words: Who knows if perhaps you were [blessed] for just such a time as this? This is much different than saying, Who knows if perhaps you were [cursed] for just such a time as this? See the difference?
So, while curses naturally tell us repentance is necessary, blessings also serve as indicators that there is likely a good purpose your blessings position you to fulfill.
In our blessings, we should always be on high alert for God's plan!
Father, help us to see Your plan in every blessing!
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