For Such a Time as This……….

We’ll probably never have a book written about us that tells about how we won a beauty pageant and became queen overnight.

We’ll probably never be placed in the presence of a king while and have the opportunity to stand up for an entire group of people, saving their lives from certain death, like Esther was years ago.

But I do believe that every day we are each given very specific opportunities to make critical decisions that change history………

one person at a time, one encounter at a time.

Maybe it’s the way we talk to the person in Walmart who is ringing up our purchases.

Maybe it’s our tone of voice in the drive-thru line when we speak to the drive-thru employee.

Maybe it’s how we treat our co-workers.

Maybe it’s how we handle our students in the midst of stress at work.

What if every moment of every day we could think of ourselves as mini-examples of Queen Esther?

What if we could hear Mordecai saying, “Who knows if perhaps you were made ____________for just such a time as this?”

Fill in the blank with whatever fits.

Mommy

Wife

Sister

Daughter

Husband

Father

Brother

Son

Friend

Co-worker

Teacher

Principal

Lawyer

Doctor

Nurse

Minister

Youth Minister

Neighbor

and on and on and on……….

How much more noble would each act of kindness seem if we could just remember that God has us exactly where He wants us…….

for such a time as this.

Do you ever wonder why you were placed on the planet during this era and not another one?

For whatever reason, you and I are here now

And because I believe in a God of order and purpose, I believe there is a very specific reason each of us is here today.

So, as you go out into the world or work at your home, look up and thank God for every opportunity He gives you to be Him to a extremely broken world.

You are here……….for such a time as this!

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS

by

Wayne Watson

Now, all I have is now
To be faithful
To be holy
And to shine
Lighting up the darkness
Right now, I really have no choice
But to voice the truth to the nations
A generation looking for God
Chorus
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
You – Do you ever wonder why
Seems like the grass is always greener
Under everybody else’s sky
But right here, right here for this time and place
You can live a mirror of His mercy
A forgiven image of grace
Repeat Chorus
Can’t change what’s happened till now
But we can change what will be
By living in holiness
That the world will see Jesus
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