Perhaps you have been chos­en
For such a time as this!
So Mor­de­cai told Es­ther
To serve as she’d been blessed.
Their peo­ple were in dan­ger
And need­ed some­one brave—
A queen who knew her call­ing
To risk and act and save.

She stood up for her peo­ple
And dared ap­proach the king
Although he might have killed her
For do­ing such a thing.
Inviting him to din­ner—
A feast to sa­tis­fy—
She asked of him a favor:
Don’t let my peo­ple die!

The king gave what she want­ed
And let her peo­ple live,
And all be­cause Queen Es­ther
Used what she had to give.
She faced her fear with cour­age,
She changed the things she could,
She chose to make a dif­fer­ence—
To use her life for good.

O God, we look around us
And see a world in need.
There’s vio­lence and in­jus­tice,
There’s pre­judice and greed.
Remind us of our call­ing
To brave­ly use our gifts.
Perhaps we have been chos­en
For such a time as this.