“... fast for me ... I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” (Esther 4:16)
The book of Esther is a fascinating story of a Jewish woman whose time in history placed her in a unique position to save her people from destruction. Raised from the status of a peasant girl to that of the Queen of the Persian empire, hers is the proverbial rags-to-riches story of Cinderella. Amidst the providence of God in placing her there under the tutelage of her uncle Mordecai, she was told in no uncertain terms, “And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this (v15)?”
There was an impending plan to destroy all the Jews, so Esther braved the intricacies of royal protocol to appear before the King. Having found favour before her unexpected audience, she set her plans in motion to deliver her people. God’s sovereign will for the Jews allowed for the circumstances to unfold in her favour and the Jews were delivered in a dramatic turnaround with death for the enemy but exaltation for her uncle.
Might it not be that you have come to your current position in life for such a time as this? All of us lead unique lives. It is no mere accident that we are where we are. God has a unique plan for each of us even in the midst of a Covid-19 era. Our unique contributions as witnesses and testimonies of His grace are bridges to someone coming to faith in Christ.
We can make unique and specific contributions to the kingdom of God that no one else can replicate―we bring our own unique flavour to the table. Having done that, we should step out in faith like Esther: “If I perish, I perish.” Resting on the sovereign will of God, even if we appear to perish, He will grant us grace to go through any ordeal. In addition, we will find that He enables us to do that which the Holy Spirit prompts us to do.
Our prayers should echo that of Esther’s: it is His sovereign will for us to be where we are, our response is just to trust and obey Him.
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