We Love God, Who Loves us.
We Serve God, Who Serves us.
We Share God, Who Saves us.
We Know God, Who Knows us.
He has MADE us for this purpose – to live forever and live in the NOW.
He has SAVED us for this purpose – to LOVE Him forever and for loving Him in NOW. Love others too.
He has MADE and SAVED us for this purpose – LOVE HIM and TRUST HIM!
In THIS Time – FOR THIS TIME – Queen Esther is our example. I recently finished watching the elaborate musical theater Sight and Sound production online, a tremendous performance and released online right in the middle of our covid-era. The added precautions yes, but the necessary release as a live performance on television plus now online recording means God has additional opportunities to share His message. We learn so much of His protection in our study of Esther (and in how we got out of the covid-era).
In Queen Esther’s life, we learn of the sacrifices she made for her time to save the Hebrews from persecution – yes to save herself – save Mordecai – but also to RISK her life to save her people who worshiped the One True God. In doing this, and taking down an evil pursuer troublemaker, she would preserve all the Jewish peoples for they knew from their line of King David, and fathers Jacob, Abraham, that the Messiah would come to earth to save ALL Jew and Gentile in prophecy fulfillment.
Queen Esther was born for that time and that purpose – and how about us? May we not be needing to take down empires but yes we are to call on God to chip away the pursuit of evil in our midst. We are for THIS TIME and THIS PURPOSE – which starts with the basic purpose that we LOVE our God Who Loves us. And TRUST the God Who Loves us. And ACT under His presence and protection.
Be bold, yes, but first be His.
Be weak and be His.
Be weary and be His.
Be well and be His.
Be willing and be His.
Be waiting and be His.
Be working and be His.
Be His for a TIME as THIS.
Amen
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The whole of Esther scripture:
The Sight and Sound version by subscription (8.99 per month) or by rent (5.99):
My next watch is DANIEL…
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God is Good.
Be Still and Know.
Debbie Upper 