The book of Esther may be best know as the answer to the trivia question ‘what book of the Bible never mentions the name of God?’
Even though the book never mentions God’s name that doesn’t mean that the work of God is not seen in the book.
At this stage of the book we find Esther, a young Jewish woman, as queen of Persia. Persia was one of the more powerful kingdoms in the world at this time and Esther had come to be queen through an unusual set of circumstances.
A plot designed to wipe out the Jews had been uncovered and the king was on the verge of approving the plan. Esther’s uncle became privy to the plan. He knew that Esther was in the place to do something about it so he approached her about approaching the king.
Esther’s uncle asked her one of great questions of all time. ‘Who knows if you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?’
That classic question is one that we all need to keep in mind. We may find ourselves in situations where we don’t know what to do. We may wonder why we are where we are, how we got there, what we are supposed to do about it.
The question put to Esther is one we always need to ask ourselves in those situations. Who knows if God put us in this situation ‘for such a time as this?’ Who knows what great work might accomplished because God has allowed us to be where we are and when we are?
If we are willing to follow God and obey Him who knows that God might do in such a time as this?
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