"Perhaps this is the moment for which you have been created." Esther 4:14
A dawning of a new year can either bring another list of hopeless resolutions or successful plans that will characterize the approaching 12 months. For me, creating a theme within the time of the New Year, helps me to focus my energy on how I will live out the next 365 days of my life. This year, I have chosen my "word of the year." This word will be a word to remember in times of uncertainty to bring me comfort or in times of joy to remind me to sustain my happiness.
There are a host of words in the English language. Picking one to typify a year is no easy task. But with a little prayer and exploration, my word of the year became known to me. And I'm eager to now use moment as my word for 2017.
I chose this word based on the verse I mentioned at the top of this post. In Esther 4:14, Esther was selected as the one to fulfill God's purpose. The fate of the Jews in the specific instance depended upon one strong woman's choice to follow God or to turn away. There is a time for every heavenly purpose to take place. God fills our agendas, marks our calendars and schedules our futures. The timing may not seem right to us, but the tasks being fulfilled are all for a greater purpose and always ending up being what He had planned for your life.
After I read this verse and have begun to understand that every moment of my life is meant for something greater, I decided that I need to put more of an emphasis on each of my life's moments. Therefore, I am focusing on the word moment as something greater than another minute of another monotonous day. For me, the moments in 2017 will each be used to fulfill a purpose. I won't spend my time worrying, angry, disappointed, or any emotion that does nothing towards furthering my happiness or God's plans for me.
Our time is limited. This much we know for certain.
And we measure each day as they wind down. Seconds minutes, and hours--all quantified.
Our lives only contain a certain number of moments. Moments that we can either choose to waste or to fill.
For me, I'm choosing to fill the moments in 2017.
Just like Esther, I hope to answer God's calling when he needs me. And after much prayer, 2017 seems like it will be the year of moments--all being fulfilled for a purpose much greater than I could dream up.
