How Tragic to Be Paralyzed Into Passivity
Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-4, Esther 4:13-14
Ephesians 1:3-4 says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,…” The Christian growth process starts out when we discover that we were chosen. The most important thing about being chosen is accepting the divine purpose that causes it. The Jewish people faced tremendous peril during the days of Mordecai and Esther when the nation of Israel was in captivity. Mordecai had to send a message to his niece, Queen Esther, who knew that if she went in to see the king without being summoned she could be put to death. In Esther 4:13-14 Mordecai said, “Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews. For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this.” Discovering divine purpose is a great gift! Satan comes as a thief, often to steal purpose. What if our generation parallels Mordecai and Esther in purpose? When many are departing from the faith, God needs bold believers to speak up for Him, declaring God’s divine purpose! We were chosen for a purpose and that purpose likely has much to do with the season in which we live. Will we embrace the fullness of the Holy Spirit and stand up in courage and present God in a season in which so many people are going passive? How tragic to be paralyzed into passivity through immaturity, not knowing who we are or why we were called!
- This month, pray that you will seek to lead a consecrated life as one who is separate from the world (2Cor 6:17)
- Speak to the gates of this new season and declare that the walls of the season will be salvation, and the gates praise. Destruction shall not be heard within your boundaries. Anything that does not praise God, anything that does not declare freedom and redemption from the kingdom of darkness shall not enter in this season whether in your life, family, church or nation (Isa 60:11,18-19)