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Esther chapter 4, verse 14, 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.

Probably the most famous verse in the book of Esther.

Who knows Esther, whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this, by this point the

king had decreed the annihilation of the Jews in response to work behind the scenes by Hayman and Mordecai sends this

message to Esther who's now, who's now one of the only people, if not the only person, who

could stop this decree from the King.

And Mordecai says, all these details that have led to this moment who

knows Esther whether or not you've come to this position as queen for this purpose for such a time as and I love the beginning relief and deliverance will rise from the Jews from another place if you keep

silent.

In other words, God's purposes will be accomplished.

We don't have to fear or worry about that, But the question Mordecai is posing to ask her is are

you going to play the part that God has given you to play, that God is inviting

you to play, that God is inviting you to play, that God has brought you into, to be a part of the

accomplishment of his purposes. And as I read this, I just think about every single person listening to this right now and I just

want to encourage you. It may not be Esther-like situation like we're reading about here, but God has put you where you are in your life right now.

Amidst all the circumstances, the place you're in right now, not by accident.

You are there.

We are here together in this particular time in history and no detail of our lives is accidental it's all

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