Hope For A Suicidal Generation

• Paris Ragan
• Christian Living
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• April 05, 2018

Esther 4:13-17 says, “Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. 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? Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.”

The story of Esther and Mordecai has always been one of my most favorite narratives in the Word of God. It is a story of faith, courage, perseverance, and triumph for the people of God. I believe one of the most dynamic truths discovered in this short book is the power of intercession. Esther was a woman who by miraculous grace was put in a position that gave her immediate access to the throne room of the most powerful monarch on the earth of that time. Doesn’t this sound familiar? You and I have been granted access into the presence of the most powerful monarch that there will ever be—His name is the King of kings; He is Lord of lords; His name is Jesus Christ.

I don’t envy the position that Esther had because what I have access to today far supersedes the access that Esther had in that time. The access that Esther had to the most powerful monarch of that time still left her with limited resources. The access that we have today is today is unlimited in resources. Your God owns the cattle on a thousand hills, and if He doesn’t have what you need, He is the Creator, so He can just create it! You have access to a God who has access to unlimited resources!

This great story of victory that we discover in the book of Esther is a story of encouragement for the born-again believer. I specifically want to approach this story with the view of our present generation of young people. In this book, due to the fact that Mordecai would not bow down to Haman when he was supposed to, Haman had the king to write a decree that would guarantee the destruction of the Jewish people. The Devil has marked this current generation for absolute and total destruction.

Recently I have been terming this generation of youth as the “suicidal generation.” They have no care for their lives or for the lives of those around them. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the United States, five per 100,000 girls, aged 15 to 19 years old, committed suicide in 2015. The same results showed 14 boys per every 100,000. Keep in mind that the U.S. population is 325 million. It is estimated that nearly 2 million young people aged 12 to 17 are addicted to hard drugs. Teenagers are playing games that potentially threaten their lives. Games such as:

• The Choking Game.
• The Knockout Challenge.
• 30-Second Fight Game.
• Robotripping. Kids drink entire bottles of cough syrup to get high and hallucinate.
• Skittling. Random pills are put into a bowl and eaten a handful at a time.
• Tide Pod Challenge. Kids eat Tide Pods, made of highly concentrated detergents.

This is a suicidal generation on the verge of total destruction. This is where the church must play the role of Esther. We have been called to stand in the gap for this generation. It is easy for us to look at this generation of young people and say, “There is no hope for them.” All we can see is the devastation and mayhem that has already occurred, but God see’s hope. God is looking at the fact that there was a work done on Calvary that provided His Spirit to this world in a new dynamic. I look at this generation compassionately and say, “I see hope.”

I see the potential of what God can do. At the Cross of Calvary, due to what Jesus did, God wrote a new law—the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus that has the power to override Haman’s law of sin and death. This law gives us power to stand and fight the fight of faith. This law can break through this generation’s darkest hour and bring revival to our young people. Church, we have been called to this time in history “for such a time as this.”

God is not done, yet!

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