Esther is a book about a kingdom whose palace is on the brink of political ruin, there is a plan to destroy God’s people, and the problems and situations seem beyond the control of the people. But through all of the fear God has a plan. God always has a plan and the best thing you can do in life is read your bible, pray and listen for God to show you your part of the plan.
Esther was a young girl living in Persia; she was an orphan and had been raised by her uncle Mordecai. The king at the time, Xerxes, banished the Queen threw her out of the palace and was finding a replacement by gathering all of the young girls together and bringing them to him one by one.
Esther 2:15-18
15 When the turn came for Esther (the young woman Mordecai had adopted, the daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go to the king, she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the harem, suggested. And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her. 16 She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal residence in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17 Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 And the king gave a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his nobles and officials. He proclaimed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.
We don’t always know why God puts us in the places he does. Some things like going to school and working hard are mostly in our control, not always. Other things like our ability to speak in front of people, how strong we are or how well we deal with stress can be very little about what we want and more about how God made us. And then there are things like the weather, where we were born or our genes which we have no control over. Esther had become queen without a choice but that doesn’t mean that it was an accident. God makes us all special for his glory because as Christians we are the body of Christ in this world. Look how Paul says it in
1 Corinthians 12:12-20
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
When looking for God’s will or purpose in your life, don’t worry about you or your own abilities, God’s abilities and power are what we trust in.We can trust in God and his plan because he has our best interest in mind.
Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
We have a promise in God that everything happens for a reason if we follow God. What promise do you have if you choose not to?
