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Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Esther 4:13,14

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"FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS"
I. GOD HAS A MASTER PLAN FOR EACH OF US.
A. What so often seems to be happenstance is God's overruling hand.
1. The annoying inconvenience could be divine providence.
a. You start off from your house and suddenly you realize you forgot your wallet.
1. Don't curse your absent mindedness.
2. Perhaps God is sparing your life.
2. The two girls with flat tire.
B. If you are a child of God I don't believe in chance or luck.
1. Wasn't Esther lucky to be chosen queen?
a. No, it was God's work.
b. God knew the evil of Haman's heart.
2. "The steps of a good man are ordered of the Lord."
a. This gives me great comfort.
b. Someone much smarter that I is running my life.
C. We should expect disruptions.
1. God so often uses them to get our attention.
2. Or to slow us down or alter our path.
3. The man who is never disturbed is the man who is always expecting to be disturbed.
II. IF WE FAIL GOD, HIS PLAN WILL NOT FAIL.
A. That which God has purposed He will do.
1. God would not allow all the Jews to be killed.
a. He must preserve them for His purposes.
B. Esther has the opportunity of being the instrument that God uses for His work.
1. This always excites me. God wants to do a work. God is going to do a work.
a. I have the privilege of being His instrument through which He does it.
b. I look at God's glorious work here at Calvary.
1. I wonder how many there were before me to whom God gave the opportunity.
2. Had I failed, who would God have chosen.
3. I am certain that I was not the most qualified, just the most available.
III. IF WE FAIL WE LOSE THE BLESSING AND THE REWARD.
A. God is going to work.
B. I can be the instrument through which He works.
C. If I am the instrument then He rewards me for the work He did as though I did it.
D. You can know the blessing and joy of being an instrument in the hand of God.
1. It is so exciting to watch God do His work through your life.
2. The life of full commitment has to be the most peaceful in the world.
a. The success or failure of a task is not my responsibility.
b. I am not disturbed by disruptions.
c. I look forward to His rewards to me as a faithful servant.
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