This week has been one of those life-changing weeks for me. This was my third year of going to DC and advocating for the program, and more importantly our customers, that I love. Every day, I thank the Lord that He lets me do this job. I thank Him even more that He led me to it and showed me what I was made for. When I was looking for a job, I answered a blind ad in our local paper. Actually, Andrew was the one who found the ad first. I wish I could remember it word for word but they were looking for an energetic, kind person for office work. Andrew thought it fit me to a tee. 2 weeks later I was working in the Olney outreach office as the Assistant Outreach Worker. 3 days in, a person came in and needed help but the way our pots were set up at the time, we couldn't help her unless she had already received help earlier in the year. When I asked why, I was told, "those are the rules", well, I realized right then that someone needed to change that and I started wanting to do more. That rule did change, thanks to someone, it wasn't me but it definitely did not squelch the desire in me to want to make sure the rules for our customers made sense. Fast forward 4 years and I was asked to come to work as the LIHEAP Clerk in the Greenup office, a year after that, I made it to Assistant LIHEAP Coordinator and in 2013, I became the Coordinator. I have been advocating ever since but going to DC makes it very real and very big. Again, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, it is why I have went through everything I have ever went through and why God put me here. So, I thought that is where I would go today.
There was a woman in the Bible that God put exactly where He needed her, I don't think she understood that at first but it all made sense that she was where she needed to be. Esther. Hopefully you all know of Esther but if you don't, this is a good account to look up and read in your Bible. In a nutshell, it tells of a Jewish woman who becomes queen of Persia and is later positioned to save her people from destruction. When a royal official named Haman plots to annihilate the Jews, Esther’s cousin Mordecai urges her to use her influence “for such a time as this.” Though risking her life, Esther bravely approaches the king and exposes the plot. Through her courage and God’s unseen providence, the Jewish people are delivered.
So, today we are going to just look at Esther 4:14
And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?
Highlight= For such a time as this. That phrase carries so much weight. Explain= Esther didn't choose her circumstances, She didn't see the future and she didn't fully understand the "why", but when her people needed someone to stand in the gap, it became clear, she was positioned and not by accident. This week in DC, advocating for LIHEAP, watching the passion of people who care deeply about families staying safe, I felt that same clarity. I knew three days into this job almost 26 years ago that I was where I belonged. This week confirmed it once again. Calling doesn't always feel dramatic, it just feels right. It often shows up as deep conviction, long obedience, quiet faithfulness, and even a burden, but one you just know is yours to carry. God places people in positions long before the moment requires it. I know I didn't land here by accident. Apply= Ask yourself: Where has God consistently kept you? What burden keeps showing up in your heart? What work feels heavy, but still right? What would you fight for even if it wasn't convenient? Calling isn't always about something new, sometimes it's about recognizing what's already been planted. Maybe you are already exactly where God wants you. But if you are searching for why you are here, start looking where you are right now and if you are following God's will, you may have just found your answer. When Robert was a baby, I hadn't planned on being a stay at home mom but God put some things (and a move) in our way so that I spent the first 6 years of his life with him all the time, when he started to school, God changed my direction, I know during his young years, my calling was to be a stay-at-home mom and I am so thankful I did. Respond= Lord, Thank You for placing me where I am. Thank You for confirmation that comes not through applause, but through conviction. Help me to steward the position You've entrusted to me. Give me courage to stand when it's hard, and humility to serve faithfully. If this is my "such a time as this," help me walk in it boldly. Amen.
Calling is rarely loud but it is persistent. Sometimes you know within days, sometimes it's confirmed decades later. But when you look around and think, "I am exactly where I am meant to be" That's not ego, That's alignment.
Hope you all have a wonderful week!
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