Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.
ESTHER 2:7
Esther was a Jew who became queen of Persia after finding favor in the eyes of the king. When the king later made a decree that all the Jews in the land were to be destroyed, Esther was their only hope. She had a choice to make: reveal her true identity to the king to save her people or keep it hidden and save herself. Esther chose to put God first.
The book of Esther reveals how God gives each of us a defining moment. Every day we have the opportunity to make an eternal difference in the lives of others. It rarely looks glamorous or comes with music and fanfare. The things we do may not seem significant, or to be making a difference, but they may very well be our “time such as this.”
That moment may come while we’re taking someone to an appointment, counseling someone on our day off, sacrificing yet another social invitation because someone has an immediate need. If our focus is on what we could be doing instead of where we are right now, we run the risk of missing our God-given opportunity.
We must never despise what we are doing right now because we do not know the eternal consequences of the seed we sow today. That young man we pick up for church each week or the woman we seem to spend hours talking to about her challenges at home may be the next great evangelist, world leader, or business person that God is touching through our lives.
MOMENT OF REFLECTION
Who has God put in your life to minister today?