Fw: Great Leaders Will Risk Themselves

Team:

Today in the One Year Playbook Esther shows Great Leadership as she is willing to give her life to save her people.

GREAT LEADERS WILL RISK THEMSELVES FOR THE TEAM

"The best use of your life is to live your life so that the use of your life outlives your life.". Jamie Coston ev3

"Go gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the King, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!" Esther 4:17

God put Esther in this position of Leadership to save the Jews from being executed. Esther had a choice. She could have let fear control her or she could step up and trust God.

The Bible talks about the fear of man being a snare. In other words, fear will trip us up and get us confused.

On the other hand the Lord encourages us to fear and respect Him and we get Wisdom.

QUEEN ESTHER GOT WISDOM

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."
John 15:13

Friends, everyday we get all kinds of pressure to bow to peer pressure and to compromise our beliefs.

Mordecai let Esther know that she needs to step up or the Jews will be executed with no survivors.

After this Mordecai encouraged Esther and said, "maybe this is why God put you here for such a time as this."

This was Esther's One Special Moment In Time to make a Difference and Change History.

GOD CREATED US FOR A PURPOSE ALSO!
The Lord created us for our Special Moment In Time to change history.

You and I have a Mission. God put us here to make a Difference.

That One Special Moment for Esther wasn't the end. It was only the Beginning.

In the future the King will find favor with the Jews and allow Nehemiah to Lead his Team and Re-Build Jerusalem.

God is already preparing our future, paving the way and putting all the pieces together to allow us to succeed. We can be Confident and Courageous knowing God always wins in the end.

ARE WE READY FOR THE CHALLENGE?

JUST GO!

Makes Every Decision Counts!

Start Fast - Finish Strong!

Rick

Aug 19 Readings - ESTHER 4:1-7:10 | 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-26 | PSALM 36:1-12 | PROVERBS 21:21-22

Side Note: This happened on March 14, 445 BC. This was the beginning of the countdown of when the Messiah would come to save the World. Daniel 9

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