Esther, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ed Tuttle & You

You have something mysterious, critical and wonderful in common with these people. Before I tell you what it is, let’s talk about what they’ve done.

Esther was a young Jewish girl who through a series of undesirable events, was living in the king’s palace at a time her people were faced with certain annihilation.  She found herself with a decision to make: save herself or possibly lose her life in the defense of others. 

 

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. lived in a time of rampant racial inequality, hatred, and violence.  He understood Scripture’s message of man being made in the image of God and the high value placed by God on “every tongue, tribe and nation”.   He found himself with a decision to make:  simply preach the Gospel on Sundays or step out from behind the safety of the pulpit and proclaim Christ’s truth in the public square. 

 

Ed Tuttle, a graphic artist in Danbury, Connecticut, made a friend at work.  He found himself with a decision to make:  he could keep it simple and talk about things of not much consequence, or he could bring up God, Christ, and the Bible. This particular friend he made was Eric Metaxas, who after  accepting Christ, has gone on to write best-selling biographies on William Wilberforce and Dietrich Bonhoeffer that are awakening Christians everywhere to what it really means to be a disciple of Christ.

God is reclaiming, redeeming, and restoring his Creation right now.  All of it.  He will accomplish it.  He promised us. God’s plan and character are unchangeable. 

Now for the part that is mind-blowing.  Just like Esther, Reverend King and Ed Tuttle,

GOD HAS CREATED YOU FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.

I don’t know what your part is.  However, I know you have one, or you wouldn’t be here!  It is a mystery that will not be known fully until God’s plan is complete.

The question to ponder is, when you find yourself with a decision to make will it be one made in faith and with your hope grounded in the One whose plan and character are trustworthy?

Although it was obvious that the decisions made by Esther and Rev. King were critical to others at the time, it may not have seemed so critical to Ed that he share his faith with Eric. 

 But it was.

Let’s keep in mind that any choice made can have a ripple effect of which we may not be aware.  Continue to pursue an intimate relationship with Christ through his Word and prayer.  This is our firm foundation from which we derive the guidance needed to make decisions with kingdom impact.

To God be the glory!