Here’s a great word for us. A promise of victory. God is so good! Help is on its way.

Psalm 20 (New Living Translation)

 1 In times of trouble, may the Lord answer your cry.

      May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm.

 2 May he send you help from his sanctuary

      and strengthen you from Jerusalem.^[a^]

 3 May he remember all your gifts

      and look favorably on your burnt offerings.

                         Interlude

 4 May he grant your heart’s desires
      and make all your plans succeed.
 5 May we shout for joy when we hear of your victory
      and raise a victory banner in the name of our God.
   May the Lord answer all your prayers.

Blessings

PMT

For Such A Time As This!

Many of you may be familiar with this statement of Queen Esther from the Bible. A statement of her position, and the opportunity to be a notable part of history. It is followed by her commitment statement; “If I die; I die. She went on to risk her life to save her people from genocide. Few, if any of us will go down in history for our decisions, but every decision we make effects not only us but others.

Each of us have the ability by the grace of God to impact others by the simplest of acts on our part. A smile, a hug, a kind word can help someone. The most obvious of these opportunities that we have before us today, is to share His Love with someone. To declare how good God is. To take a “risk” and reach out of our comfort zone to help someone, to love someone, to care for someone.

Mark Twain said it well. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do, than the ones you did do.

You, like Esther, have been born for such a time as this. Look for opportunities to make a difference in other peoples lives. It may not be dramatic, but it can be impactful. Take a risk today, be a blessing to someone. See yourself as significant, because you are. You are a part of an amazing master plan.