Encourage Me: A Royal Life Saver

Every decision in life that one makes (on such things as romance, spirituality, and work) leads them down a particular path in life (that ultimately determines the quality of their existence).

Have you ever wondered what your world would have been like if you’d chosen the other road (instead of the one you ended up picking)? Poet Robert Frost vocalized this mystery in his poem, “The Road Not Taken.” Do you agree with the conclusion (below) that he ends up at?

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

In the midst of your daily life, have you ever realized that you may be exactly where you need to be for the Almighty to use you (as much as is possible) for His ultimate glory?

The biblical Hadassah/Queen Esther (of Persia) was put in a position to ultimately have the power to save her people, the Jews, from annihilation. (You can view Esther’s turbulent story in such DVD’s like One Night with the King and The Book of Esther.) Her cousin (and guardian), Mordecai, made this wise assessment about her situation in Esther 4:14 (MSG). His advice applies to us today. (What does it mean to you?)

“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.”

The “Robert Kinker” translation of this verse is as follows:”If you don’t do as God asks you to, He will find some other willing servant to obey His will (and receive His divine blessing that you will miss out on). The Almighty has placed you in your current situation to minister to those in your circumference.”

I’ve often experienced the Almighty’s persistence when there is something He desires for me to do. God always gets what He wants because the Heavenly Father doesn’t give up until I give in.

As with many things, you have to live with all the choices you’ve made throughout your life. When it comes to the Almighty, what decision will you come to?