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Recently, I heard someone quote Esther’s famous statement, “if I perish, I perish” (Esther 4:16) and was struck afresh by Esther’s readiness to die in the cause of her people’s survival. But I was also struck by something else: we all hope to be able to rise to the occasion and willingly put our own lives at risk, but what about when it isn’t a time of life-or-death crisis or dire need?

The truth is, we may never be called to lay down our lives to prevent genocide or even to save the life of ano...