We All Have A God-Given Purpose

Last night I was reading in Esther and I came across a verse that I love!

Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”

-Esther 4:13-14

I love that. It just shows us Mordecai's undying faith that everything will be okay and God will keep His people safe.

But, the part that inspires me the most is this: "Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?"

God knew exactly why he made Esther Queen of Persia. It was to save the Jews. It was her purpose in life, the reason she was born. Because she stood up to Xerxes, though doing so meant almost certain death, she saved millions of lives and her memory has been an inspiration to more over the years.

During the Holocaust, when once again the Jews were being persecuted, they were going to celebrate the Purim festival, regardless of the Nazis. They kept Esther's memory in their hearts, knowing that once again, they would be saved by God, perhaps even by one women. And because of their hope, Hitler feared Esther. She posed one of the greatest threats that he could face when it came to the Holocaust. She gave the Jews hope and a reason to keep going on. Even her memory threatened his regime.

"Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just a time such as this?"

We need to be ready to be able to accept our purpose in life. Whether it be to save a child from peril or a nation of Jews from genocide, we all have a God-given purpose.

And one of those is to be a "light of a world. For a city on a hill cannot be hidden."

-Matthew 5:14

With Love,

Ally