SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 15, 2022
TEXT:
Esther 6:1-14
1.
On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of
records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
2.
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of
the king’s chamberlains, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
3.
And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been bestowed on Mordecai for
this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing
done for him.
4.
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward
court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the
gallows that he had prepared for him.
5.
And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And
the king said, Let him come in.
6.
So Haman came in. and the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man
whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would
the king delight to do honor more than to myself?
7.
And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,
8.
let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that
the king rideth upon, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:
9.
and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of the one of king’s
most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king
delighteth to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of
the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the
king delighteth to honor.
10.
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as
thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s
gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
11.
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him
to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall
it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor.
12.
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house,
mourning and having his head covered.
13.
And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that
had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If
Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou
shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
14.
While they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted
to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
(American
Standard Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
GOD NEVER FORGETS A RIGHTEOUS PERSON
Haman may have had a
sleepless night because of the advice that “delighted” him and made him have
“poles set up” on which Mordecai would be hanged in the morning.
The king also had a
sleepless night and, in order to occupy his mind, he read from the royal
library. God led him there and directly to the old record of Mordecai’s
courageous report that saved him from being assassinated.
Like Mordecai, God will
also remember you at the appropriate time. The king was still considering how
Mordecai’s courage and bravery should be rewarded when Haman stormed into the
royal palace (Esther 6:4-5).
Haman was so confused
at this stage that he was unable to think straight. Remember, he was also
“drunk” with the thought that he was the only favored noble in the entire
empire who the queen had invited to her banquet. It was this thought that made
him think that King Xerxes wanted to honor him. When your ways please the Lord,
even your enemy will be prepared to serve you.
QUESTION:
Have you ever been forced to serve the very person you hated so much?
PRAYER:
Thank
You, Jesus, for Your love which has been poured into my heart, help me to serve
those You bring my way, Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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