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For Such a Time — a golden scepter extended toward a small figure, city walls rising at dawn behind

An orphan becomes queenEsther 2:1-23Length: Long

Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

  • Read
  • Reread
  • Retell

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this passage show me about God?

    • How does Esther, an orphan raised by her cousin Mordecai, end up as queen of Persia?

  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • When have you ended up somewhere you never planned to be — and could God have placed you there?

  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • In which place God has put you — home, work, neighborhood — will you serve him on purpose this week?

  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who needs to hear that God has plans even for the overlooked and forgotten?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

Father, thank you that no one is too small or forgotten for your plans. You placed Esther, an orphan far from home, exactly where she would be needed — and you place me too.