“Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.” –2 Corinthians 3:3.
Everyone, who is Christ’s, is a letter, an epistle of Christ, written with the Spirit of the Living God.
I believe letters are always written for a particular purpose. Even the epistles in the Bible written by Paul, Peter, John, and the others were all written for particular purposes and to achieve particular goals. Even mortal men write letters not without a purpose.
How then would we ever think that we are letters written without a purpose? We are not just letters, but the ones written with the Spirit of the living God, and not with ink, written with the hand of God Himself, not with the hands of mortal men. How would Christ write letters without a purpose? That is an impossibility, thus everyone that belongs to Christ is a letter written for a purpose.
Esther would have thought she had no purpose in life, being a captive (Esther 2:6), in a land that does not belong to them. She was a national of the apostate Jews, the people who had for so long rejected the love and mercy of God. The people who heeded not unto the warnings of God, till they were taken to captivity.
It is these people that the Lord had said to, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; but have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.”—Jeremiah 9:13-16.
Where would Esther’s hope come from? Both her parents had died (Esther 2:7), she was just raised by a cousin, Modecai. Esther must have questioned God’s actions when He let both her parents die. She must have said, “Is it not enough that we are captives Lord? Do I have to live in all this trouble Lord?”.
One thing she didn’t know which she should have is that, she was a letter of Christ, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Living God. Modecai was a gateman at the palace of the king (Esther 2:21), how would his ‘daughter’ qualify to participate in the beauty contest from which the king was to choose his queen? Even worse, she was a captive, how would she participate in such a contest? Modecai therefore forebode Esther not to reveal her nationality (Esther 2:10), lest she be cancelled to contest.
However, the Lord raises His voice to the people of Israel, though in captivity and says, “For I know the thoughts I think toward you, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end”—Jeremiah 29:11. These are words that give them hope, though in a land of captivity.
God affirms further unto His chosen nation, “Fear though not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”—Isaiah 41:10.
Nothing therefore should hurt the people of God, though in captivity. The Lord God of Hosts would protect them in every way, and from every enemy, even though they had rejected Him.
It happens that Esther wins the beauty contest, and is chosen to be the queen. What cosmetics did she ask for? What special clothes or costumes did she ask for? None (Esther 2:15). She asked for nothing, but she carried along the God of Israel. For God knew the thoughts He had for her, He gave her a beauty that she would never have found in cosmetics or any special dresses. God gave her the beauty that would impress the king and make her a queen (Esther 2:17).
Indeed, “If God be for us, who can be against us?”—Romans 8:31.
It dawns on Esther that she was a letter written for a purpose when Modecai tells her, “For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”—Esther 4:14.
That is when she realizes that she became a queen by purpose; to save her people. The Jews would all have been destroyed if they had not a Jewish queen. That is the thought that God had for Esther, and for the people of Israel. What thought do you think God has for you?
God allowed Esther’s parents to rest because they wouldn’t have raised her to be a queen, as did Modecai. God made Vashti the queen to disobey the king at such a time, to give room for Esther to become the queen. Everything happened for a purpose, as it did during the time of Moses. Being born at a time when male Israelite male newborns are being killed, surviving, and being raised in the house of Pharaoh, to grow and become a deliverance unto the people of God. How good the God we serve is, that He gives us what is best for us, even without our knowledge.
The story of Esther and Moses are the ones that inspire me to keep moving despite any challenges I face. Every misfortune that comes before me, I trust God, and I believe Him, it is for my greater good. I was created, not to live the life that I want, but to fulfil the purpose for which I was created, so were you. I don’t have to get everything that I want in life, I know I will always have everything I need.
Every person was created for a purpose, but many fail to realize this because they don’t submit to Christ. God will never want anything bad for us, that is the role of the devil.
It is written, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to his purpose.” —Romans 8:28. Our role is to choose, whether to submit to God, and live by the purpose He designed for us, or to reject his love and mercy and be used by the enemy of light to achieve his ultimate purpose; to lead every last one of God’s people to destruction.
Once you yield yourself to God saying, “Take my life and let it be, consecrated Lord to thee”, then believe that you are an epistle of Christ, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. Now in everything you do, in every situation, remember you have a purpose to fulfil.
