Are You Silent at a Time Like This!

Are You Silent at a Time Like This!

      When Mordecai heard about the letter, he tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. Then he covered his head with ashes and went through the city, crying and weeping.But he could go only as far as the palace gate, because no one wearing sackcloth was allowed inside the palace. In every province where the king's orders were read, the Jews cried and mourned, and they went without eating. When Esther's servants told her what Mordecai was doing, she became very upset and sent Mordecai some clothes to wear in place of the sackcloth. But he refused to take them. Esther had a servant named Hathach, Hathach went to Mordecai in the city square in front of the palace gate, and Mordecai told him everything that had happened. He also told him how much money Haman had promised to add to the king's treasury, if all the Jews were killed. Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the orders for the murder of the Jews and told him that these had been read in Susa. He said, "Show this to Esther and explain what it means. Ask her to go to the king and beg him to have pity on her people, the Jews!" Hathach went back to Esther and told her what Mordecai had said. She answered, "Tell Mordecai there is a law about going in to see the king, and all his officials and his people know about this law. Anyone who goes in to see the king without being invited by him will be put to death. The only way that anyone can be saved is for the king to hold out the gold scepter to that person. And it's been 30 days since he has asked for me." When Mordecai was told what Esther had said, he sent back this reply, "Don't think that you will escape being killed with the rest of the Jews, just because you live in the king's palace. If you don't speak up now, we will somehow get help, but you and your family will be killed. It could be that you were made queen for a time like this!" Esther sent a message to Mordecai, saying, "Bring together all the Jews in Susa and tell them to go without eating for my sake! Don't eat or drink for three days and nights. My servant girls and I will do the same. Then I will go in to see the king, even if it means I must die." Mordecai did everything Esther told him to do.

Lesson to be Learnt:

            God has a beautiful purpose for all His people. Some of us might be teachers/ministers/drivers/software Engineers/homemakers etc. We must accept the truth that it is not accidental that we play these roles in our lives. It is all God destined and preplanned by the Lord. God elects us to fulfill His purpose in our lives. But He doesn’t force us into doing things but has given us free will to choose what to do. “For if you are completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise to the Jews from another place” Being silent can mean doing nothing/ doing things in an ungodly way. Remember the story of the “Rich man and Lazarus”, God had given the rich man so much, yet he failed to see the poor who was unfed at his gates. He was put in hell for ignoring his purpose. So my dear friend, today, whatever position you might be, Seek the purpose of the Lord in it. Seek His will for you. For might be the Lord had chosen you for a time like this to fulfill His purpose. So Seek His purpose, find it and pursue it, for if you are silent at this time, you will lose the grace of the Lord which is the greatest gift of all.

Esther 4:14

 (Hindi) क्योंकि जो तू इस समय चुपचाप रहे, तो और किसी न किसी उपाय से यहूदियोंका छुटकारा और उद्धार हो जाएगा, परन्तु तू अपके पिता के घराने समेत नाश होगी। फिर क्या जाने तुझे ऐसे ही कठिन समय के लिथे राजपद मिल गया हो?

(Kan) ನೀನು ಈ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೌನವಾಗಿಯೇ ಇದ್ದರೆ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಕಡೆಯಿಂದ ಯೆಹೂದ್ಯರಿಗೆ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿಯೂ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯೂ ಉಂಟಾಗುವವು; ಆದರೆ ನೀನೂ ನಿನ್ನ ತಂದೆಯ ಮನೆಯೂ ನಾಶವಾಗಿ ಹೋಗುವಿರಿ. ಇಂಥಾ ಕಾಲ ಕ್ಕೋಸ್ಕರ ನೀನು ರಾಜತ್ವಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದಿ ಏನೋ ತಿಳಿದ ವರು ಯಾರು ಅಂದನು.

(Mal) നീ ഈ സമയത്തു മിണ്ടാതിരുന്നാല്‍ യെഹൂദന്മാര്‍ക്കും മറ്റൊരു സ്ഥലത്തുനിന്നു ഉദ്ധാരണവും രക്ഷയും ഉണ്ടാകും; എന്നാല്‍ നീയും നിന്റെ പിതൃഭവനവും നശിച്ചുപോകും; ഇങ്ങനെയുള്ളോരു കാലത്തിന്നായിട്ടല്ലയോ നീ രാജസ്ഥാനത്തു വന്നിരിക്കുന്നതു? ആര്‍ക്കും അറിയാം?

(MKJV)  For if you are completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise to the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house shall be destroyed. And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for a time like this?

(Tamil OV)  நீ இந்தக் காலத்திலே மவுனமாயிருந்தால், யூதருக்குச் சகாயமும் இரட்சிப்பும் வேறொரு இடத்திலிருந்து எழும்பும், அப்பொழுது நீயும் உன் தகப்பன் குடும்பத்தாரும் அழிவீர்கள்; நீ இப்படிப்பட்ட காலத்துக்கு உதவியாயிருக்கும்படி உனக்கு ராஜமேன்மை கிடைத்திருக்கலாமே, யாருக்குத் தெரியும், என்று சொல்லச்சொன்னான்.

(Telugu)  నీవు ఈ సమయమందు ఏమియు మాటలాడక మౌనముగానున్న యెడల యూదులకు సహా యమును విడుదలయు మరియొక దిక్కునుండి వచ్చును గాని, నీవును నీ తండ్రి యింటివారును నశించుదురు. నీవు ఈ సమయమును బట్టియే రాజ్యమునకు వచ్చితివేమో ఆలోచించుకొనుమని చెప్పుమనెను.