Esther 4:14 - Homiletics

Enlargement and deliverance.

What a sublime confidence is apparent m this language of Mordecai to Esther! He took a very different mode of reasoning and persuasion from what might have been expected. Why did he not say, My only hope, the only hope of the nation, is in thee; if thou fail us we are undone? Because he believed Israel's salvation to be dear to Israel's God. This led him to put the matter thus: "If thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place."

I. GOD , IN HIS PROVIDENCE , OFTEN ACCOMPLISHES GREAT WORKS BY THE HANDS OF HUMAN AGENTS .

II. IF THE LIKELIEST FAIL , THEN THE UNLIKELIEST WILL BE RAISED UP AND EMPLOYED .

III. ALL THINGS AND POWERS THAT ARE ADVERSE NOTWITHSTANDING , THE PURPOSES OF GOD SHALL CERTAINLY BE FULFILLED .

IV. IT IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF CARRYING OUT THE PLANS OF THE ALL - WISE . Especially is this so when we have the means of bringing enlargement and deliverance to the people of God. See to it that you do not mistake the "time to speak" for the "time to be silent."