PLACE AND PURPOSEEsther 8:1-17

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As a child of God, the place you are today is directly related to the plans and purpose of God; if you will not replace yourself outside of His current place for you. It does not matter where you are or how you are. As long as you have life in you, God is at work on your behalf. He is good and merciful. He is the God who never runs out of mercy; except we run out of His mercy. Also, despite our inconsistency, He remains consistent in His faithfulness to us. He said in Jeremiah 29:11, ÒFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.Ó The word of God is speaking to us and He is aware of where we are and what we are doing or what we might be going through. His plans for us are a testimony to the fact that we should remain focus at all times. Mordecai was a captive Jew who was captured and carried away by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. Mordecai brought up Esther, his uncleÕs daughter, after the father and mother of Esther had died. His place was at the gate where he saw and heard as the Lord positioned him to. Esther 2:21-22, ÒIn those days, while Mordecai sat within the kingÕs gate, two of the kingÕs eunuchs, Bigthana and Teresh, doorkeepers, became furious and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 So the matter became known to Mordecai, who told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in MordecaiÕs name.Ó Bigthan and Teresh were eventually terminated for the plot against King Ahasuerus and it was documented in the favor of Mordecai. One would think it was over with, but it went deeper than expected because God is always there with His plan and purpose. When Haman wanted to have all Jews in the land destroyed, it was the documentation of the plot that Mordecai had at the gate that came to the rescue. On the night of the day that the law to destroy the children of Israel was passed, the kingÕs lost of sleep brought a gain for the deliverance of the Jew when the king read the documentation that saved his life through Mordecai. Esther 6: 1-2, ÒThat night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the kingÕs eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.Ó The king was provoked to honor Mordecai based on the chronicle documentation of how his life was saved by Mordecai. As a result of the place and purpose in the life of Mordecai, the Jews were released and a new turn took its toll in the life of Mordecai as he went from gate to great in the hand of the King Ahasuerus. Do not replace yourself from where He places you; it shall be well in Jesus name.