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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? This is probably the most well-known verse in the book of Esther. It's Mordecai,

telling Esther who's the queen, who alone has the ability to go to the king and ask him to change

a decree that he's made that would annihilate all of the Jewish people. And Mordecai says,

Esther, it's no accident that you're the queen. You a Jewish woman have access to the king.

Who knows whether you've not come to the kingdom for this specific purpose?

And one of the reasons this verse is so well known and why it is such a great verse,

it's because it is a clear reminder to you and me that our lives, where we live, where we work, where we go to school, the people we're

around, not one of those things is an accident. God is sovereign over every detail in our lives and our circumstances,

and he is working in the details of our lives for the accomplishment of his good purposes, in our lives and through our lives and ultimately in the

world. And I just want to encourage you with that reality today, wherever you're listening to

this right now, it is not an accident that you live where you live. It's not an accident that you know the people you know.

Even just think about the details of your life today, not one of them is by accident.

God, who is sovereign over all things in the world and all details in your life has ordained today in your life for the

accomplishment of his good purposes in and through your life. So let this infuse meaning

into every moment. Not one conversation you have today will be by accident, not one interaction, not one moment

to see that God is sovereign over at all. And so to pray, God, please direct me, use me, lead me,

guide me, bless me, help me to accomplish your purposes in my life today. God, we pray that over the

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