Esther 4:12 And they told Mordecai what Esther had said. Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.” Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.
Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.
Genesis 45:4-8 So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.
Isaiah 54:17 no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD.”
Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
Esther was not sure about what she should do. What Mordecai had asked of her could mean certain death to her. No man or woman is allowed to go to the King’s inner court without being requested by the King. If the king did not hold up his golden scepter the law states they must be taken away and put to death but if the held up his golden scepter they would be granted to live and speak to the King. Esther had doubts. She knew this law and the consequences. She had this communicated to Mordecai.
Mordecai’s response “if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise from another place, but you and your fathers house will perish” – He also said “who knows whether or not you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this” As I read this there are some points for us to remember.
It is good to have friends and relatives who are close to Jesus Christ and live to honor, follow, glorify, trust and obey Him.
It is good to have people in our life that God will use to spur us on in difficult times.
We never know when there will be a time we are called to do something greater than what we can imagine.
We never know how God will use us in His plans and purposes.
We must always be attentive to God’s leading.
We must be willing to be used by God for His plans and purposes.
God can do more than we ask and much more than we can imagine and there nothing, absolutely nothing that is impossible for the power, might, strength, wisdom, and knowledge of God.
All things are possible with God.
Faith, trust, and obedience in Jesus Christ will always lead us to places where we see our weakness and His awesome strength, mercy, and love.
