There comes a moment in time when everything changes. It is in these moments that we must shift permanently to the new location we have stepped into. It is a shut the door and don’t look back moment. When God shut Noah and the others in the ark there was no going back. When you get locked into that roller coaster and it starts to move, there is no getting out. These moments catch us by surprise at times and others have been preparing us for many years, but there is always a moment when everything changes.

Today is the first of Adar, in a leap year on both the Hebrew and Gregorian calendars. This month is so significant for many reasons and I will share those in future blogs. Today though on this first of Adar, I always read the book of Esther for this month. As I am reading Esther 4 today, these verses capture my heart. “Mordecai sent her this message: Don’t think that just because you live in the king’s house you’re the one Jew who will get out of this alive. If you persist in staying silent at a time like this, help and deliverance will arrive for the Jews from someplace else; but you and your family will be wiped out. Who knows Maybe you were made queen for just such a time as this. Esther sent back her answer to Mordecai: Go and get all the Jews living in Susa together. Fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, either day or night. I and my maids will fast with you. If you will do this, I’ll go to the king, even though it’s forbidden. If I die, I die. Mordecai left and carried out Esther’s instructions.”

It is at this moment that when Esther went from obeying the orders of Mordecai to Mordecai obeying the orders of Esther. Esther went in one moment from being an orphan that was adopted to being a queen that was positioned to rule. Can you see it? Once Esther realized who she was because of Mordecai’s statement about being born for such a time as this, she stepped into being queen. WE MUST MAKE THIS SHIFT. Yes we were orphans, but we have been adopted, but that is not the end, we have to shift to being royalty so we can rule, save lives and redeem land. It is time to leap into our role as royalty for we were born for such a time as this.