For Such a Time as This (Life-changing Lesson from Esther’s story)

The “Legendary Lives/Life-Changing Lessons” Series

ESTHER: For Such a Time as This

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A. The Legendary Life

1. Esther’s story…

“Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.” (Esther 2:17)

“Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:13-15)

“Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” (Esther‬

“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces. For how can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?” (Esther 8:5-6)

B. The Life-Changing Lesson

1. You are where you are by God’s .

“From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth;  and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him,  though he is not far from any one of us.”  (Acts 17:24-27)

2. You are where you are by God’s .

3. You are to use your to your world.

Today’s “Big Idea”…

God has placed you to make a difference .

4. God can use you your .