"...how do you know that God has not raised you up for such a time as this?" (Esther 4:14)
This passage reminds us that the "mighty acts of God" were carried forward often times by insignificant instruments. A small stone in the sling-shot of a little shepherd boy; Gideon's clay pots and trumpets; Joshua's walking around the walls of Jericho; Hezekiah's singing; on and on the examples go, one after another. Even in Esther's situation, the Jews were about to be killed when Mordecai spoke the above words of challenge to her. Why, who was she to go before the king? Shouldn't God's deliverance come through a more suitable source, one might ask? There seemed to be so much hinging on Esther's willingness to be used as God's instrument of glory for such a serious time as this, don't you think?
No, not when you realize that God is in the business of displaying His power through "the least of these," the humble of heart, the most insignificant of instruments. For in human "weakness, He is made strong," the Bible says. This should serve as an encouragement for us today and elevate our expectation for this coming weekend!
Perhaps God wants to do a new thing - a mighty act - and He may desire to do it through us... YES! Let's believe that God has raised us up for such a time as this. That He wants to employ us as the ones whom He will perform His "mighty works" through this weekend! Will you answer the call? Will you make the commitment? Will you consecrate yourself as an object of/for His glory on earth? What say you?
Thanks for stopping by!
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Adrian
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The Message has it: “So watch your step. Use your head. Make the most of every chance you get. These are desperate times!” Christianity isn’t a religion about going to Sunday school, potluck suppers, being nice, holding car washes, sending our secondhand clothes off to Mexico. This is a world at war. Something large and immensely dangerous is unfolding all around us, we are caught up in it, and above all we doubt we have been given a key role to play.
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Interesting that we discussed some of these very people last night in our Good to Great class! It never ceases to amaze me how God even cares about the insignificant folks, and even more uses them to accomplish mighty things! Can we dare to believe that in God's eyes we are indeed great and able to accomplish mighty deeds? Dwight Moody lived to be a man that fit a desription he heard from an evangelist: "The world has yet to see what God will do with and for and through and in and by the man (or woman?) who is fully consecrated to him. Continuing discussions from Gideon this weekend: it is only fear that keeps us from making that commitment. But if we truly trust God's heart for us, do we need to fear? The worst is that we lose this terminal body and join Him in Glory! So why are we afraid?
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