Thought for November 16

 History:

  • 1824: Fifth Avenue opens for business [NYC]
  • 1863: Battle of Campbell's Station TN--492 casualties
  • 1871: National Rifle Association chartered
  • 1914: Federal Reserve Sytem opens
  • 1920: Qantas Airlines founded
  • 1938: LSD first synthesized
  • 1945: UNESCO founded
  • 1945: Fisrt Jewish college in US chartered---Yeshiva
  • 1959: Billy Sullivan awarded last AFL franchise--Boston Patriots
  • 1965: EPCOT launched by Disney
  • 1969: First report of My Lai massacre in 1968
  • 2002: First case of SARS recorded
  • 2018: Elevator at John Hancock Center falls 84 stories--all six passengers survive unharmed
  • Born: WC Handy, Burgess Meredith, Terry Labonte, Zina Garrison, Dwight Gooden, Diana Krall, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Oksana Baiul, 
  • Died: Moses Cleaveland [founded Cleveland], Alice Liddell [model for Alice in Wonderland], Bob Smith [Alcoholics Anonymous], Clark Gable, Sam Rayburn, Ralph Edwards, Milton Friedman, Melvin Laird, 
Thought:
Reading Esther 4:14 this morning. Focused on these words, " And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this." 

Have you ever been placed in a situation where this question applies to you--you are here at this time and in this place for such a time as this. We hear it said of leaders, Presidents, governors. But do you go through each day with the question--am I in this place at this time because God has ordained it and has a purpose for it.  Certainly Noah might have said this when the ark was complete and the rain began. And certainly Joseph in Egypt could have said the same thing. But do you think that Noah felt that way every day during the 100 years it took to build the ark? Or that Joseph felt that way sitting in the well or the Egyptian jail. Or the three Jewish boys felt that way when thrown into the furnace. 

Today, look around at where you are. Has God placed you there for such a time as this? Has He worked out a divine appointment, has He presented a divine opportunity? Is there someone lost or hurting that could say, Larry you were placed here and now for such a time as this? 

Today, God has brought you to this time, this place. Is it for such a time as this? Don't miss the opportunity. One day in heaven, someone may say to you--you came into my life, my day, my presence for such a time as this. 

Blessings 
Larry

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