A Place And A Voice!
Then Queen Esther answered and said,
“If I have found favor in your sight, O
king, and if it pleases the king, let my
life be given me at my petition, and my
people at my request.”
Esther 7: 3
In the battle for civil rights for
African
American citizens in America, three names
stand out: Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks,
and Martin Luther King Jr.
Each, in their own way, stood out against
racial prejudice and changed the course
of American history.
A young
Jewish girl named Esther changed the
world when she was made the queen of Persia.
A courtier of the king hatched a plan to kill all
the
Jews in Persia, and then Esther risked her life by
exposing the plan to the king, saving her people
from certain genocide. She realized God gave
her a voice, and she spoke up (Esther 4:14).
Another example was Nehemiah who approached
the Persian king (after the events of Esther) for his
permission to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the
walls of the city, another risky request, which was
granted.
One person can change the course of history
in one day. God has given you a place and
a
voice to stand for Him (2 Timothy 1:7).
"The man who kneels to God
can stand up to anything."
Louis H. Evans