Esther — For Such a Time as This
An animated Scripture song for older kids and preteens: an orphan girl set in a palace by a hidden hand, a death decree that falls like a stone, three days of fasting — and a young queen who walks in trembling to speak for people who cannot speak for themselves. God's name is never once spoken in the book of Esther, yet His hand rules every page, and the golden scepter of mercy reaches out to her. The song then turns outward to our own day — the church in chains for the Name they won't betray, the littlest hearts that beat unheard — and lands where every rescue lands: what they meant for evil, He turns around, in Jesus, who took the death-decree Himself. He set you here; you're not too small.
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Esther — For Such a Time as This — Lyrics
Intro
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Verse 1
An orphan girl in a palace tall — a hidden hand had set her there for all. A death decree fell like a stone: "Who will stand for a people alone?"
Pre-Chorus
Then Mordecai said, "Don't hide away — maybe you were born for this very day."
Chorus
For such a time as this, I'll go, though my knees are weak; for such a time as this, I'll stand, and I'll open and speak. Though the law says no, and I'm scared to go — if I perish, I perish; Lord, here I am, for such a time as this.
Verse 2
Three days fasting, three days in prayer, then she walked the throne-room, the bravest there. The golden scepter reached her way — mercy met her, grace had made a way.
Bridge
And the same decree still falls in our day: the church in chains for the Name they won't betray, and the littlest hearts that beat unheard — "Open your mouth," says the Word. Speak for the ones being led away; defend the small, don't look away.
Lift
He set you here, you're not too small — for such a time, He is calling us all.
Final Chorus
For such a time as this, we'll go, though our knees are weak; for such a time as this, we'll stand, and we'll open and speak — if we perish, we perish; Lord, here we are, for such a time as this.
Outro
What they meant for evil, He'll turn around; the ones to be lost are the ones He found. For such a time as this… here I am.
Bible verse · Little lesson
A verse to hide in your heart
“For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Little lesson for little hearts
The book of Esther never once says the name of God — and yet His hand is on every page: the orphan girl who "happens" to become queen, the king who "happens" to lie awake, the gallows built for another man that takes the man who built it. "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD" (Proverbs 16:33). Because God quietly rules, Mordecai could ask, "who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" (Esther 4:14). And notice: Esther was not fearless. She fasted three days and went in trembling — "if I perish, I perish" (Esther 4:16). Courage is not the absence of fear; it is trusting God enough to obey Him anyway. He still sets His children in their place on purpose, and still says, "Open thy mouth for the dumb" (Proverbs 31:8) — for the persecuted, the unheard, the small. And still, "ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good" (Genesis 50:20). Esther risked her life to save her people; Jesus actually gave His — "the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep" (John 10:11) — taking the death-decree that was ours, and rising. That is why we can stand.
