Walking With Christ

Esther 4:14 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?”(ESV)

There are many examples in the Bible where a person is called to be bold. The case of Esther was literal life and death. Esther could have died just for speaking to the king without being asked. Yet, if she was not willing to take the risk then all of her people would have been put to death.

The message from Mordecai was deceptively simple and so profound. On one hand, he told her that it was going to be ok if she was too scared to take the risk. The people of Israel would be saved through another path. On the other hand, that salvation would not include them because of her unwillingness to be obedient.

Simply put, God’s will is going to happen whether we are a part of it or not. If we let fear rule our lives then we will not see the benefits of that will. It may very well be that our entire purpose for being is found in a tiny moment of bold faith.

If God brings us to it, He will bring us through it. Will you be bold enough?