The Gould Family

I’m not sure if you have ever read the story of Esther but it is truly an amazing story. The Israelites have been taken captive by the Babylonians for 70 years and they have finally been allowed to return to their homeland after so many years in exile. There are a few Israelites who remained in the land of exile for whatever reason but God is going to use them to save His people from annihilation. (I love the fact that God uses ordinary people to accomplish His plans in this world because I am one of those ordinary people.) King Xerxes, king of Persia, is having a banquet for all his officials and the last day of the banquet (party) the king summons Vashti, his wife, to come show off her beauty to the people and his nobles. She refuses and this makes the king angry. Actually the Bible says he was furious and his anger burned within him. Why is he so angry? I feel his pride has been wounded and he doesn’t look too good in front of his people. In his anger he banishes Vashti from his presence forever and makes it a law for the women of the land to disobey their husbands. God will use this situation to place Esther in the palace as queen at just the right time. She has come to the kingdom for such a time as this.

What about us? We also are here for such a time as this. God has a plan for our lives. Are we available (like Esther) to be used by God? Our purpose for being in God’s kingdom is this: For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith– and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God– 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-10

Why not ask God today what good works you can do for Him?