by David Brenneman
"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14.
We are mostly either prone to over think our own importance or under think our own importance. Some of the rest are likely there in the middle.
Yet in Christ, we have become His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works that we might walk in them. You are a work in progress in the Lord if you've indeed come to Him for salvation.
You are among the cherished in the eyes of God. Our prayers are so quickly listened to by our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ that He often answers before we are through.
Our story isn't to be kept to ourselves. We were born exactly where, exactly when, and exactly at the moment where our story will do the most good for the kingdom of God.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5.
"And now says the Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him (For I am honored in the sight of the Lord, And My God is My strength)," Isaiah 49:5.
"For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified." Romans 8:29-30.
"The Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?" Exodus 4:11.
"For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You." Psalms 139:13-18.
"but just as it is written, “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9.
As we have read, we too must come to understand, that we are just as unique a son or daughter of God as Jesus is described as in that most famous passage John 3:16. Some translations say Only Son of God, some say unique Son of God.
Jesus was and is unique. Different. Born at just the right time. Dying at just the right time.
"For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly." Romans 5:6.
When Christ was born it was at exactly the right time and place in human history. Exactly when His story would do the most good for the Father’s plan to come to fruition. Both at the moment that it happened and all throughout the rest of history.
You too aren't meant to be silent about God's work in your life. You both have a wonderful story to tell of the faithfulness of God in your life but also an audience that is ripe to hear it.
I do struggle at times with the magnitude of that revelation. With the goal set before me to write a book of the memorial stones part of me thinks on all the countless other books from others that exist. If I let it, it's discouraging. But I shouldn't let it. Our life experiences are ours, and the gracious answers to prayer are ours to tell. To give others a future and a hope...but if we keep silent...they will gain neither.
Others in your world in your time in your place...need to hear the voice of God in you that's the result of a life lived trusting in Jesus.
Don't give up on your living all-in for Jesus. Don't remain silent when the opportunity presents itself by the Spirit’s direction. You indeed may lose friends and family at times but it's still for us to represent Jesus to those in our world.
You may endure things that you don't understand. That's perfectly fine. Job, Daniel, Ezekiel, John, Joseph, Joshua, Peter, Paul...we're in great company with those who endured things that they didn't understand why they were going through them.
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you. Run the race set before you. Lean not on your own understanding. Perseverance with all the saints in Christ Jesus.
Pray before speaking, pray while speaking, pray after speaking. The thing is to let the Lord Jesus Christ be seen in and through you to the glory of God the Father.
"Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father." Colossians 3:17.
As long as you know that you know that you know what you are saying and what you are doing is exactly what Jesus has for you to be saying and doing, press on. Keep going. Don't let up.
Your unique story is for you to tell for such a time as this.
There are NO unimportant parts of the body of Christ. There are NO members of the body of Christ that don't have a purpose in Christ. The Spirit places you in the body of Christ as He saw fit. Glorify God in your body.
Pray on, Pray over, Pray through.
Let your world know of the great things that God has done for you and through you.
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