13 Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. 14 If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”
I love actions movies. I mean seriously......script some explosions, tense moments of awe, and elaborate fight sequences and I'm there. I believe it's the adventure the adrenaline rush of being on this ride of intrigue and mission, that has to get accomplished. We are all on a mission. EVERY LAST ONE OF US. For some that mission is completing school (high school, college). For others it's finding a mate. For others it's climbing the corporate ladder. Unfortunately for some the mission is all about escape.....escaping the reality of a marriage on life support, or that you need help parenting, or that you have a drug/alcohol problem, or you have health issues that you don't want to face. Whatever your mission is.....we all are on one.
Esther was on mission and for a moment all most got off track with her mission. This is something I believe many of us do when faced with the requirements and risks involved in the REAL MISSION. Esther was beautiful and almost bought into using her beauty to just provide a comfortable life in the house of the king for herself (shadow mission). Totally choosing to turn a blind eye to the reality that her people were going to be killed, and possibly her too. Until her cousin Mordecai decided to inform her....." Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for such a time as this?"
Whether you've seen a movie, read a book, or an article the Navy Seals are known to be some of the most deadliest men on the planet. They have a degree of focus and precision that had them regarded as military experts. Are you involved in Christ Mission or your own Shadow Mission? Christ mission is that we'd GO make disciples (by teaching, baptizing, and showing) , our shadow mission is the variation of that mission that is really like 10 degrees off that prevents us from hitting the bulls eye. That mission could be just going to church, not serving, not in a small group or committed to a bible study. That mission could be not being intentional about living your faith out in life, staying safe. In other words your co-workers, and neighbors don't know Christ because you don't LIVE (notice this aint about quoting scriptures) your faith in such a way that everything you do is laced heavily in the love of Jesus. This could be simply you don't care that the chair next to you at church is empty.
As I said we are all on a mission, the question is what mission are you on? LGLP
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