Give to Gain: The Esther Challenge
Navaz preached this message at Word of Grace on March 8th, 2026.
Give to Gain: The Esther Challenge
We often imagine faith as quiet, agreeable, and polite.
Many of us were taught that faith means patience, endurance, and submission. And yes—faith often requires endurance.
But Scripture also shows something uncomfortable:
Sometimes faith disrupts.
Faith can look like:
- Refusing what dehumanises
- Risking what feels safe
- Reforming what culture calls normal
When Jesus announced the Kingdom of God, His message disrupted systems, challenged injustice, and brought those on the margins—especially women—into the centre of God’s story.
The Book of Esther begins with exactly this kind of disruption.
Not with a miracle.
Not with prophecy.
But with a woman who says no.
And that refusal sets redemption in motion.
Word of Grace is an Evangelical (Born Again), Spirit-filled (Charismatic), Reformed, English-speaking church in Pune that upholds the Bible as God’s inspired Word for life. We are a church community with people from every part of India and the world. We are here to put the Great Command and the Great Commission into practice by equipping and releasing every member into works of service. Word of Grace is part of a wider international family of Churches called RegionsBeyond.