The challenge Esther received is found in our Scripture for today is found in the 4th Chapter and the 14th verse. This verse may very well be the dilemma that our Savior has for you at this point in your life. Think about it. Think how far you’ve come, the ups and downs you’ve faced, amid all other events good or bad that you’ve faced. It’s all about finding fulfilment as you’re transformed waiting on His return. The Scripture that was just read to you is the pivotal point of the whole book with a record of messages between Esther and Mordecai. Let me set the stage for you: The king of Persia, Xerxes needed a new queen. He stages an elaborate selection process, and in the interim manages to choose Esther who is secretly a Jew. If you’re wondering why there was a need for a new Queen, it was because the King wanted to show off the beauty of his former queen, Vashti by having her appear wearing only her crown! Yes, he wanted her naked as a jaybird! But Vashti refused to come out under those circumstances, and the King, following advice from his advisors, had her banished. Mordecai, Esther’s cousin, raised her from an orphan felt that Esther was well-suited to become queen, so he persuaded her to get in line to be positioned to be chosen. She wins the favor of the other girls in attendance, and eventually the King. Mordecai being as astute and observant, overhears a plot to have the king killed. The plot thickens here. Haman, the main antagonist in the Book of Esther whose main purpose was to destroy all Jews in the kingdom, prompted Esther to step up to save her people with a promise of new tomorrow. Mordecai said to Esther as you heard, “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 come to the Kingdom for such a time as this?” 

    Esther’s situation is one that all of us can pay homage to, and there’s much more to discuss here, but for the sake of time, I want to get to the moral of the story: Life can be, and has been hard for all of you. Difficult times are part of life where pain cannot be avoided. If life is a hard pill to swallow we take matters to the gamut by trying to do it all ourselves instead of looking to God. Esther is proof that the Lord is always present, despite the fact that He was never mentioned in the Book of Esther. All Esther did was trusted and obeyed. Is it NOT too late for you to trust in Him and obey the dictates that have allowed you such a time as this? A time where you’re in the twilight years of your life?Before I wrote this sermon, and after hearing from the Lord, I had to give you something that contained great lessons about how you should be living, conducting yourselves to the best of your abilities, facing issues that affect you most, and what’s important to you going forward. I’m convinced that the story of Esther is YOUR story…a story of triumph that grows out of something that may have went wrong, ecstasy out of agony, celebration instead of devastation, and knowing that any date of destiny is  your pathway to purpose – a purpose-filled life..

What are the lessons:

• That God can use anybody for His glory who would be willing to be used (Romans 8:28)
• Stand up to make a difference in your commitment for a better transition
• Lastly, it’s the prayer of Timothy in (2 Timothy 4:6-8)