Availability vs. Ability

Have you ever felt God asking you to do something for which you know you’re not talented or maybe not qualified?  No doubt Esther felt this way when Mordecai instructed her to speak to the king about saving her kinsman.  Esther’s obvious gift was in her beauty, her speaking of political matters with the king was never a thought.  In fact she hadn’t even had an audience with him in a month, and then only at his request. A person could be sentenced to death for approaching the king without his summons.

Esther’s asking the king to save the Jewish people must have seemed ludicrous.  There must have been a mistake in translating Mordecai’s message or in Mordecai’s understanding of God’s will.  (more…)

March 8, 2012 | Categories: Calling, Esther, Faith, Following God, Guidance, Humility, Obedience, Purim, Weakness | Tags: 2 Cor 12, ability, Esther, Gideon, Judges 6, Judges 7, Mordecai, moses, Numbers 12 | Leave a comment