Such a Time as This
Richard Bradley
Esther 4:1-14
Do you believe God stations us in particular places for particular purposes? Do you believe the Lord plan for His people is so intricate that nothing happens by chance? This seems to be the testimony of Scripture. The Lord placed Joseph in Egypt so the world wouldn't starve to death. The Lord put Moses in the desert so He could speak to him through the flames of a burning bush. The Lord put Mary in the city of Nazareth so she could be the mother of Immanuel.
We could go on forever citing biblical examples of God's foreknowledge and personal planning but these 3 are enough. The testimony of Scripture leaves us with only one legitimate conclusion. God has a particular purpose for each believer and He positions us in such a way so He can carry out that purpose through us.
Esther 4:1-14
1 When Mordecai learned all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a loud and bitter cry.
2 He went as far as the front of the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
3 And in every province where the king's command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4 So Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her, and the queen was deeply distressed. Then she sent garments to clothe Mordecai and take his sackcloth away from him, but he would not accept them.
5 Then Esther called Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs whom he had appointed to attend her, and she gave him a command concerning Mordecai, to learn what and why this was.
6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square that was in front of the king's gate.
7 And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasuries to destroy the Jews.
8 He also gave him a copy of ...
Richard Bradley
Esther 4:1-14
Do you believe God stations us in particular places for particular purposes? Do you believe the Lord plan for His people is so intricate that nothing happens by chance? This seems to be the testimony of Scripture. The Lord placed Joseph in Egypt so the world wouldn't starve to death. The Lord put Moses in the desert so He could speak to him through the flames of a burning bush. The Lord put Mary in the city of Nazareth so she could be the mother of Immanuel.
We could go on forever citing biblical examples of God's foreknowledge and personal planning but these 3 are enough. The testimony of Scripture leaves us with only one legitimate conclusion. God has a particular purpose for each believer and He positions us in such a way so He can carry out that purpose through us.
Esther 4:1-14
1 When Mordecai learned all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a loud and bitter cry.
2 He went as far as the front of the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
3 And in every province where the king's command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4 So Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her, and the queen was deeply distressed. Then she sent garments to clothe Mordecai and take his sackcloth away from him, but he would not accept them.
5 Then Esther called Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs whom he had appointed to attend her, and she gave him a command concerning Mordecai, to learn what and why this was.
6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square that was in front of the king's gate.
7 And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasuries to destroy the Jews.
8 He also gave him a copy of ...
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