A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                     BORN FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS PART XIII

"I, Esther's cousin Mordecai, sent my niece Esther a message to inform her that she and all my people, the Jews, are in danger of being killed off....I told her as well that it was time for her to see her husband, the king, to plead for mercy for herself and her people.... I have just received a response from Esther... In it she has told me she cannot do what I have asked her to do.... I must send her another message.... This time I must help her understand the reason she has become queen.... She has not become queen in order for her to have a life of indulgence... No, she has become queen to save herself and her people from certain death.... This is her moment to make history..... Not next week or next year or ten years from now.... No, this is the moment.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of Esther's cousin Mordecai's final message to Esther about her having been born for such a time as this....


                
               ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                 BORN FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS PART XIII

As soon as Esther's cousin received her reply, he sends a response back to her. However, his response is not what she had hoped for as you can read in Esther 4:12-16

When Esther's words were reported to Mordecai, he sent back his answer. "Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"

Mordecai does not change his mind. On the contrary, he sends a more powerful message back to Esther. Mordecai understands why Esther has been given the position of queen and Esther needs to understand it as well.