OUUR DAILY BREAD : FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS

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June 13
Friday


FOR SUCH A
TIME AS THIS

READ:
Esther 4:10-17
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I will go to the king,
which is against the
law; and if I perish, I
perish! __ Esther 4:16
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when Sha'Ri Eggum was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, doctors told her that only a bone marrow transplant from a blood relative could save her life. Complicating matters, Eggum, 32, was adopted and didn't know anything about her biological family. But a private investigator tracked down her brother, Mike Ford, who was a perfect match. Today, Eggum's leukemia is in remission. Ford was the right person for the right moment.

The book of Esther tells another story of love, sacrifice, and God's timing. Mordecai, a Jew in exile, refused to bow to Haman, second in command to King Ahasuerus. Haman became fruious and plotted to destroy Mordecai and all the jews. so Haman deceived the king and persuaded him to issue an edict condemning the Jews to death. when Mordecai told his cousin Queen Esther about the edict, he urged her to intervene. "Who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" he said (v.14). Approaching the king uninvited was punishable by death. But Esther seized the moment to save her people!

When we are able to rescue others, we should do so at all costs. Ask God for His direction and act! He may have placed you here "for such a time as this." __Marvin Williams
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`````````````````````O for a faith that will not shrink``````````````
`````````````````````Though pressed by many a foe,`````````````
`````````````````````That will not tremble on the brink````````````
``````````````````````Of any earthly woe, __Bathurst`````````````
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Courage is not the absence of fear__
it is the mastery of it.

***************Today's Bible Reading __ Esther 4:10-17************

10 Then Esther spoke to
Hathach, and gave him a
command for Mordecai:

11 "All the king's servants
and the people of the king's
provinces know that any
man or woman who goes
into the inner court to the
king, who has not been
called, he has but one law:
put all to death, except the
one to whom the king holds
out the golden scepter, that
he may live. Yet I myself
have not been called to go
in to the king these thirty
days."

12 So they told Mordecai
Esther's words. 13 and
Mordecai told them to
answer Esther: "Do not
think in your heart that you
will escape in the king's
palace any more than all the
other Jews. 14 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
kingdm for such a time as
this?"

15 Then Esther told them to
reply to Mordecai: 16 "Go,
gather all the Jews who are
present in Shushan, and fast
for me; neither eat nor
drink for three days, night
or day. My maids and I will
fast likewise. And so I will
go to the king, which is
against the law; and if I
perish, I perish!"

17 So Mordecai went
his way and did according
to all that Esther
commanded him.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The isnpired story of Esther can be puzzling at times. Although we see
the effects of the faithfulness of God, he is never once mentioned in
the book. However, this can reflect our own experience. The silent
and invisible God who faithfully works behind the scenes may be
observed only after we have passed through a crisis. __Dennis Fisher