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So where were we...
Esther invited the king and Haman to a banquet, only to ask them to come back tomorrow.
Haman was thrilled to be invited, only to become furious when he encountered Mordecai.
He called his advisors to figure out what to do,
He wife suggested he build a 75’ high gallows and ask the king to hand Mordecai on it.
The king was having a sleepless night.
Most of us might count sheep.
The king wants a bedtime story.
His idea of a bedtime story is a history lesson.
Not just a history less, but one about him.
The king asks “Hey, what did we do for Mordecai after he saved my life?”
Do you think the king’s absent mindedness was an accident?
Remember, Esther postponed telling the king what she wanted with not one but two banquets.
Do you think these two things are a coincidence?
Did Mordecai get upset when the king ignored what he had done to save his life?
If he did, he didn’t express it?
We all like to get recognized for what we’ve done, but is that why we do it?
Mordecai’s faithful doing of his duty without recognition is another piece of the puzzle that God is putting together to deal with Haman.
Haman was beside himself with joy after being invited only to be brought down seeing Mordecai.
Remember, his wife tells him to build a giant gallows.
And now, just by “coincidence” the king has a sleepless night?
And his bedtime story is about Mordecai?
Just in time, Haman is in the palace court.
Just when the king needs some advice on how to honor Mordecai, his arch nemesis is at hand?
Just when Haman approaches the king to have Mordecai killed, the king is in a mood to honor him?
You think this was an accident?
The king asks Haman how to honor someone.
But the king leaves out the name of who he wants to honor.
After being puffed up by being invited to the queen’s banquet, Haman is full of himself.
So Haman, in his arrogance, assumes the man the king wants to honor is him.
Remember the proverb?
So Haman comes up with this elaborate method to honor someone.
This is how Haman wants to be honored.
Wear the king’s robe.
Ride the king’s horse.
Paraded around by a prince proclaiming his name.
What does this tell us about Haman?
He wants to be like the king, maybe even the king himself if given a chance.
Have you even thought you knew things were going to go well for you, only to see your plans fall apart?
Sure, you may not think the king wants to honor you, but we’ve all had thoughts about how things were going to happen only to find out God had different ideas.
Just like Pharoah, who in his arrogance thought he could stand against God, Haman is about to find out he was wrong, not only about the king’s honor but about Haman’s own power over the Jews.
Ooops, the king doesn’t want to honor Haman, but Mordecai.
Haman’s pride has led to this beginning of his fall.
Now Haman has to honor his self-identified nemesis.
Now he has to bring the robe and horse and parade Mordecai around praising him.
How low do you think Haman felt at that point?
It reminds me of a story Jesus told:
Haman, in his arrogance, prepared to take the best place in this parade, only to be told to take the lowest.
Do you think that sometimes your arrogance leads to the falls in your life?
Do you think that, like Haman, you may need to be taken down a peg?
How do you think Haman would have behaved if he was honored like this?
How would you act if it happened to you?
Do you think that those who are out to get you, don’t get their comeuppance at the time you think is right because God has bigger plans?
Mordecai goes back to the king’s gate.
Nothing has changed for Mordecai.
This honor hasn’t made him arrogant.
Nor does he appear to take pleasure in Haman’s humiliation.
Haman goes home mourning.
This has been a bad day.
And it started out so well for Haman.
He was going to have his enemy hung on the gallows he had built.
Then he was going to the queen’s banquet.
It should have been a good day for Haman.
But it has all started to go wrong.
Haman’s plans are falling apart.
When he tells his wife and friends what has happened, they make a point.
If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is Jewish, you are toast.
They have already seen that Haman has begun to fall.
Like a man at the top of a VERY long staircase, this is just the beginning.
If this enemy of Haman is a Jew, he doesn’t stand a chance.
Have you ever made plans that go against God’s will?
Maybe not purposefully defying God, but making plans without checking with God first?
Like Joshua with the Gibeonites, doing what you think is right without seeking counsel from God can get you into big trouble.
Oh, more good news.
Now the eunuch shows up to take Haman to the banquet.
This should have been a happy occasion, but Haman’s fall has just begun.
Haman is home mourning and complaining and now he has to go before the king and queen and be happy.
What should have been the capstone of his day is now a burden he must bear.
Have you ever had plans just fall apart right in front of you?
Sure, Haman’s plan was evil, he wanted to destroy Mordecai and the Jewish people.
Have we ever made plans that, whether it was the intention or not, would hurt other people?
What about Mordecai’s point of view.
He put his honoring of God above his honoring of man, now someone is out to get him.
He did what was right, but initially was not rewarded or even recognized.
He could have been miffed about that, but Scripture doesn’t say so.
Do we ever get upset when we don’t get the recognition we’re due?
Then, in God’s time, he get’s recognized, at the expense of his enemy.
When his enemy was humiliated, he did not gloat.
Afterward, he just went about his business.
Haman sees his enemy elevated and he’s crushed.
Have you ever been mad because someone you don’t like gets recognized or promoted?
How about when the team you don’t like wins, even though they played a better game?
Now, with all this hanging over Haman’s head, the king’s eunuchs come to take him to the queen’s banquet.
I wonder if Haman even wanted to go now
How we deal with disappointment is just as important as how with deal with recognition.
Ultimately it comes down to who you honor?
Do you honor yourself?
Do you get upset when others plot against you?
Does it bother you when you don’t get recognized?
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