“… Who knows,
perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”
Esther had become the Queen of
Persia which gave her opportunity to stop the slaughter of the Jews… It was no accident;
it was God’s plan to save His people, but Esther didn’t know that… She did not
know if her efforts would succeed until she stepped out in faith and acted.
God always prepares a response when
His children are threatened, and that response often comes from His followers.
In the 1500’s the church had lost
its way, pursuing money instead of holiness. So, God raised up Wycliff, Calvin,
Luther, and others to speak scriptural truth which began the “Protestant Reformation”.
A few hundred years later secular
rationalism influenced church leaders to replace the gospel with entertainment.
Avoiding topics like man’s depravity and the need we all have for redemption…Until
a man named Jonathan Edwards preached a sermon entitled “Sinners in the Hands
of an Angry God” which spurred what is now known as the “Great Awakening”.
Fast forward to the 1960’s when the “sexual
revolution” replaced God’s plan for intimacy, with depravity and disorder. So,
Bill Bright, and Billy Graham were used to grow the “Jesus Movement” and teach
that only holiness brings freedom.
Now here we are in the 2020’s and secular
humanism is attacking God’s design of the family, twisting masculinity, and
creating gender confusion and disfunction.
So, God is inspiring His people to answer.
It is time to speak up… stop
apologizing for being men, and start living out biblical masculinity. We need to
be good fathers, faithful husbands, and strong men willing to fight for the
weak. Lies and misinformation have become widespread, and we must speak truth
whether it is popular or not.
God is going to move, He always
does. He will send people to respond…. The question is… will you be one of
those people? Will you let God use you to change history?
Like Esther, Luther, Edwards, and
Graham - you may be the person that God intends to use to initiate change…. Trust
Him, and take the first step…. Because who knows, maybe God has placed you
where you are, “for such a time as this”?
“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.” - John F. Kennedy
“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.” - John F. Kennedy
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