Esther 4 - Praying God's Word

Please read Esther 4.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/est/4/1/s_430001

Meditate on verse 14.  Mordecai is speaking.

"For if you remain completely silent at this time,

 relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews

 from another place, but you and your

father's house will perish. Yet who knows whether

 you have come to the kingdom

for such a time as this?" (NKJV)

The situation was unbelievably horrible—every Jew, in every province, in the entire kingdom of Persia was to be killed in a single day! Imagine you and your loved ones in that situation and the heart-pounding, knee- buckling fear it would invoke. The Jews responded with fasting, weeping, and wailing, crying for deliverance. They needed a miracle!

As Mordecai writhed in anguish, he had the presence of mind to see that perhaps God had already arranged for that miracle when He put a young, orphaned Jewish girl on the throne of Persia. Perhaps God wanted Esther to make a bold move for the sake of His people and His Kingdom.

What about you? If you are a Christian, you have come to the Kingdom of God for such a time as this. God has a purpose and a calling for your life, and if you choose to act in courageous obedience, the result will be eternal consequences for good.

Commit to fasting and praying for the sake of those God wants to deliver from the annihilation caused by sin. Be willing to do whatever God tells you to do “for such a time as this” (v. 14).

Pray Esther 4:14 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, do not let _________ and me remain

 completely silent at this time. 

Use us to bring relief and deliverance for __________.

 Do not let my family perish.

 LORD, You have brought us to Your

 Kingdom for such a time as this. 

Use us in Your name, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell