"... FOR JUST SUCH A TIME AS THIS"

No, the image is not a queen.

It is just a pretty little girl.  But,

I suppose that in most of our families

she would be the queen.

I have been going through a time of

testing, concern, discouragement etc.

And when I really contemplate it - it 

has to do with the present world condition.

The potential of another world war, or

at the very least a disruption of our life

even if we do not ourselves see war.

The Scriptures teach us that an extremely

terrible time is coming on this old world.

And my familiarity with the prophecies

of the Bible makes me feel that the current

situation is just the beginning of it.

This morning I felt the Lord put these

words in my mind;

"for such a time as this."

I knew where that came from.

They were from Mordecai's message

to Esther:

"Who knows if perhaps you were made

queen for just such a time as this?"

(Esther 4:14 NLT)

And I knew what the message was to me.

God could have put me anywhere in the 

history of this old world.  But he did not.

He put me here now at a time I do not

appreciate.  But, he put me here

"... for just such a time as this".

I doubt that any of us appreciate the

world situation at this present time.

But, God put us here now for a reason.

Let's hang on tight to Jesus and do

what we can in service to him.