You Were Created for Just This Moment

1 For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. 2 A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. 3 A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up. 4 A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance. 5 A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to turn away. 6 A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away. 7 A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak. 8 A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace.

Yes there is a time for everything .. And Every person has a purpose they created for, a task to accomplish.

The title for our message today is "You Were Created for Just This Moment"

Our scripture is taken from the Book of Esther 4:9-17

Turn in your Bibles to Esther chapter 4.

Esther 4:9–17 NLT

9 So Hathach returned to Esther with Mordecai’s message. 10 Then Esther told Hathach to go back and relay this message to Mordecai: 11 “All the king’s officials and even the people in the provinces know that anyone who appears before the king in his inner court without being invited is doomed to die unless the king holds out his gold scepter. And the king has not called for me to come to him for thirty days.” 12 So Hathach gave Esther’s message to Mordecai. 13 Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. 14 If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” 15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.” 17 So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.

In the movie Dead Poets Society the character played by Robin Williams is an English teacher in a private boys school. He leads his charges into embracing the motto “carpe diem” or seize the day.

It’s a challenge to make the most of every moment, every opportunity we have because some times we make wrong choices but then again other times we make the right choice.

Yesterday in our Men's Group, A Safe Place for Men, our discussion centered around Obedience and the courage to follow God's desires for us. It was mentioned that its not always easy to be obedient when your humanistic thought and desires to lead your way. But when you let God lead the way. Well it's all in the choices we make.

Today we are going to look at some of those choices.

Throughout the Bible we can see people facing a defining moment in their life - whether or not they are going to obey God. Some are really big -

David & Goliath,

Noah & the Ark,

Moses leading God’s people out of Egypt,

Joshua & Jericho

Some seemed small at the time...

the boy with the small lunch that Jesus used to feed the 5000,

the woman with the bottle of perfume that anointed Jesus,

the woman at the well and the revival that sweeps a town.

A tax collector climbs a tree to see better and catches the attention of Jesus

These moments are the legacy of these people - these were the defining moments of their lives.

Let's look at Esther 4:14 for a moment…

Esther 4:14 NLT

14 If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”

You too Can Make A Difference in the World

But, you can’t make a difference in the world until you first make a difference in yours.

Let’s take a look at five statements about the subject - “For Such A Time As This.”

1. God has given everyone a purpose for their life.

2. Every person has a defining moment - a “Such a time as this.”

3. God gives the time needed in order to accomplish the given life purpose.

4. We may not know our one time, our purpose until we get to heaven.

5. Keep your life clean & right with God so you’ll qualify for your “such a time”. Be a person of integrity & character.

So lets take a little stroll through each of these statement.

First …..

1. God has given everyone a purpose for their life.

One specific purpose to fulfill, one task, a life ministry.

He has given you something that you are supposed to do that could change the course of the world.

More importantly, that will change the course of a life on it’s way to eternal judgment.

It is why you were born.

Looking at our 2nd statement ….

2. Every person has a defining moment - a “Such a time as this.”

Esther did many wonderful things in her life,

she didn’t just arrive at the palace one day for her moment,

she lived, she had purpose every day; but she had one defining moment;

she had her “Such a time as this.”

Each one of us has one time, one chance to do something really big for God.

We must always be faithful & ready for when that time comes.

And as we move on let's look at statement number 3

3. God gives the time needed in order to accomplish the given life purpose.

Again, we must always be faithful and ready,

Ever obedient to God or we may miss our “such a time as this.”

We don’t know when we may have the opportunity to be the one to touch the heart of the next Billy Graham or Mother Theresa.

Or maybe the one who will touch the heart of a David Ludwig who is accused of killing his girlfriends parents some time ago in Philadelphia

It would have only taken one person to reach out to him and that atrocity might not have happened. We must always be there serving, obeying God, ready.

Moving on to statement number 4 ….

4. We may not know our one time, our purpose until we get to heaven.

It may pass us by in the routine of life.

The widow who gave the offering of two small coins was just doing what was normal for her. It wasn’t the first time she gave or the last. She was being faithful to God in the everyday routine of her life.

And it became one of Jesus’ most powerful illustrations of giving, it was her moment - Let me ask you, what if she had stayed home that day and slept in instead.

She would have missed her “Such a time as this.”

Truth is, she probably never even knew what happened. God didn’t put you here just to enjoy watching football. He didn’t purpose for you to look forward to vacation at Disney World.

You are here because of God’s purpose for you, your life ministry and somewhere in that life ministry you can accomplish something big for God.

It’s a life ministry - not a moment ministry

I’m not saying everyone here is called to be a Reverend., but you are all called to be minister’s of the Gospel - to share Christ with your world.

Don't believe me? Go read Matthew 28:18-20

You don’t know when your moment will come, You may not even know when it does. But when it does, will you be found faithful – serving God, doing what is right and trusting Him?

If so, others will be impacted and changed for eternity because of what you have done.

We must remain as a faithful servant. Don’t miss the “big” purpose by not remaining faithful in the “little” things of an everyday walk with God.

The boy with the lunch - what if he had stayed home and not brought his lunch that Jesus used so mightily? What if Andrew had not started a conversation with that boy and reached out to him.

Andrew didn’t know when he went that day that he was going to be a part of such an awesome miracle. He just did what was his thing. Being a nice guy and reaching out to kids.

When my time comes, I want to be so busy doing my life ministry, caught up in the faithfulness of daily living that I am ready and don’t miss my “Such A Time As This.”

Maybe my such a time has already come. I really don't know.

Maybe it was Charlie (Name Has been change), a 12 year old in San Jose that is now a Pastor

Or maybe it was going to visit a pastor friend who was discouraged and needed to be lifted up.

Or maybe it was in Pittsburgh during an outreach with a visiting church.

Or maybe it is here, maybe it is right now, maybe it is you.

There have been thousands of ministries not started and lives not touched because someone wasn’t ready for their such a time as this.

I may never know my Such a time until I get to heaven, but I must be faithful everyday.

Finally we move onto statement # 5 …

5. Keep your life clean & right with God so you’ll qualify for your “such a time”. Be a person of integrity & character.

God chose Mary as Jesus’ mother because she was pure. He needed a virgin with a heart sensitive to Him. You see she was Created for Just this Moment

Suppose the boy was selfish and didn’t give up his lunch for Jesus to use… but he did because he was Created for Just this Moment

Suppose Esther allowed her own fear to take over and kept quiet… but she spoke up because she was Created for Just this Moment

Suppose David didn’t pick up those five stones and face that giant… but he did because he was Created for Just this Moment

Esther had such a moment. As you read though the Book of Esther, Esther's moment came when in chapter 5 when she decided to risk her life and approach the King uninvited. She readily accepted the fact that she may be put to death when in chapter 4 verse 16, she stated" If I perish, I perish. Her willingness to be obedient saved the entire Jewish population. She was Created for Just this Moment

And YOU!

God has a ministry for your life and somewhere in that ministry you will have a chance, a time, an hour, a defining moment, A moment that you and only you were created for.

You were also Created for Just this Moment. You may not know what moment that is But God knows and we must trust Him and serve Him to the best of our abilities every moment of every day.

Where will you be, what will you be doing at your “such a time as this”? Will you be faithful? Will you be ready?

because ....

You Were Created for Just this Moment

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