LET THE LORD USE YOU

Esther 4:14-15  Mordecai sent back this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that you will escape there in the palace when all other Jews are killed.  If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die.  What’s more, who can say but that you have been elevated to the palace for such a time as this?”

    

     Queen Esther had sent word to Mordecai that she was afraid to go and plead with King Xerxes on behalf of the Jews.  It was the rule of the land that if a person was not summoned to come to the king he would be executed unless the king held out his sword for the person to touch.  Esther had not been summoned to the king for over a month.

      Mordecai reminded her that this was a matter of life and death.  He knew in his heart that God would spare the Jews from Haman’s evil decree, but the chances were strong that Esther, himself, and their family would probably die. 

       Mordecai also challenged Esther to consider the possibility that God had placed her in her high position as queen for just this moment in time. 

        We don’t know but that we are where we are at right now in our lives because of God’s sovereign plan.  The Lord may have very well-orchestrated your life’s events so that you would be who and what you are today to make a difference in the lives of many others. 

        Look around you.  Who needs you in their lives?  You can make a huge difference in someone’s life if you are willing to seize the opportunities the Lord is giving you.  Don’t minimize the importance of serving the Lord.  Your life is no accident.  God has a plan and wants to use you to fulfill it.  You may be the key to setting some soul on fire for the Lord.  You may be the one God has chosen to use to set in motion a great movement of God in your church or community.

     Will you let the Lord use you right now, right where you are?  Will you let Him use you to make an eternal difference in others’ lives for Him? 

       Esther stepped up to the plate after she bathed herself in prayer and fasted and the Lord gloriously used her to save the people of Israel.  Seek the Lord with a fully surrendered heart and let Him have His way with you.