PREPARED AND POSITIONED FOR GOD'S USE

For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14(NKJV)

While Israel was in captivity, the young beautiful Jewish lady, Esther was chosen to be the king's wife. God positioned her there for a reason which was not immediately obvious to her. As the queen, she could go to the king at any time to intercede for her people any time their lives were threatened. She was at a vantage point to help. Life is not about yourself alone, it is about using what God has given to you or your talent to help others achieve their destiny. You attain your blessings by being fruitful and obedient to God's direction. Even though Esther was in this vantage point, she did not know what to do even though the desire to help was there. It was at this point that his uncle, Mordecai, helped her to understand that God had prepared her and placed her in her current position for His assignment. Live does not occur in vacuum. It is God who permits and controls what happens. Mordecai made Esther to reflect on the actual purpose of her calling as a queen. The purpose was to bring deliverance to Israel. He made her understand that it was God's assignment that she was there to do. She would not fail because God was with her. It was up to her just to obey and allow herself to be used to bless others. If she failed, God will still bring deliverance to His people but the blessings will bypass her. 

Are you in a position where you can be an advocate for the needy, oppressed, depressed, poor, abused, etc. Are you in a political position where you can use your influence to propose or pass laws that would change somebody's or a nation's life for the better? Are you a priest, missionary, or an evangelist who can go to places where others can't go? Use your position to reach out to the unsaved. You have been given a special assignment to perform. 

You may sometimes find yourself in places where you feel unqualified for an assignment. When this occurs, it is important to understand that the battle is not yours, it is the Lord's. He has prepared, ordained, and positioned you for His purpose. When doubts and fears step in, reject them and move forward in faith. You will be victorious because the Lord is with you.