For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
- Esther 4:14 (NKJV)
Esther, the girl who became queen.
She was an orphan, being raised by her cousin, a Jewish girl exiled from Jerusalem, due to a crazy turn of events ended up being a queen and saving the lives of the Jewish people living in Xerxes’ kingdom.
She was afraid, because in not keeping her silence, she was breaking several laws and risking her own death, being well aware that Queen Vashti, the very queen Esther replaced was exiled for not following the king’s commandments.
Her cousin Mordecai convinced her to speak on behalf of the Jewish people, stating that she was placed there “for such a time as this”.
What if Esther had been silent?
What if she decided to not speak to the king?
How about today, what happens when we remain silent on issues that are impacting the world around us?
song reference!
For such a time as this
I was placed upon the earth
To hear the voice of God
And do His will
Whatever it is
For such a time as this
For now and all the days He gives
I am here, I am here
And I am His
For such a time as this
Let’s not stay silent, if there is something that is terribly wrong, stand up for what you believe in, stand up for what is right, stand up for God.
We are here, now – for such a time as this.
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