The Bible is a gold mine for learning the ways of God so you can be certain to do good. Esther had a very difficult choice to make--the hardest in her whole life.
Was she doing the right thing? Is this why God put her in the king’s palace? After all, Esther could die if the king refused to see her. The king had a strange rule. All who came to see him without being asked would be killed unless the king decided he wanted to see them. Esther was scared. When fear takes over your life, you don’t think clearly. Esther needed some help from her uncle Mordecai to set aside her fear and to trust God.
Most people think of sin as doing bad things. Did you know that you sin when you fail to do something good? The Apostle James wrote, “If you fail to do what you know is right, you are sinning” (James 4:17). Esther would have sinned if she had not asked the king to save her people, the Jews. Mordecai reminded her that she would not escape death if she didn’t try to save them from Haman’s plan to kill them.
If God gives you a position of power, don’t think it’s only for you. God expects us to use whatever he gives us to help people and to further his kingdom. God had a plan for the Jews that included the birth of Jesus. If Esther had remained silent, Mordecai said God would use someone else to save the Jews. He knew that God would not allow this to happen.
Mordecai reminded Esther that she was in the king’s palace for a reason. He said, “And who knows, maybe you have been chosen to be the queen for such a time as this?” We need to think of God’s purpose for everything. If you fail to see God’s purpose, you will live a small, selfish life. Mordecai’s clear thinking helped Esther put aside her fears. She risked her life to see the king without being asked. She knew she had to try and save the Jews.