Placed Here to Make Him Known

“And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4:15

Perhaps your notes mentioned this, or perhaps you are very observant and noticed that in the book of Esther God’s name is not mentioned—not even once. Present in the history is the understanding of His protection of His covenant people, in both the Jews and non-Jews alike. And He is the cause of this destiny of the Jews that Mordecai is trusting in this verse.

God has men and women here for their purposes, each according to His design. For Esther the design was for her to be a vehicle of God’s deliverance of His chosen people, Israel. Notice the powerful providence and timing of God in this story. He times it so that Haman, the enemy of the Jews, goes to proper lengths to provide for his own execution. He plants a woman on the throne immediately next to the king’s heart, to provide a power above that of Haman—namely King Ahasuerus himself. God even uses the chauvinism of the Medes and Persians to place Esther into position.

How now has God positioned you? What are you here for? I know for me that there are many things I am supposed to do here. I am to read, pray, learn through experience, and care for believers. But there seems to be one unique thing in the list that I left out. It is evangelism. Right now I have an opportunity to call men and women to repent and believe in Gospel.

When I was younger, I used to watch Sesame Street. They had this one little part that taught you to discern differences and I only really remember the song—“One of these things is not like the others.” This is how I understand evangelism in this grouping of things to do here. I can learn about God (comparable to reading and learning), talk to God (“” praying), and care for believers (“” caring for believers). But there is one thing that I cannot do there, and neither can you. I cannot tell unbelievers there about Jesus. Unbelievers aren’t allowed into Jesus’ eternal home. I cannot care for them any more—I will be relationally separated from them—forever.. But now I have a moment in time to tell them, to warn them. I was left on the earth for this, to make You known as widely as I can and lead men and women to You. O God help me to make good use of this little time.