My God My Everything

So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet and as they were drinking wine on the second day, the king again asked, “What is your petition? What is your request? Esther answered, “Grant me my life – this is my petition and spare my people – this is my request.” King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is he – the man who dares to do such a thing?” Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!” Haman’s hatred and evil plotting turned against him when the king discovered his true intentions. He was impaled that very day on the same pole he had set…

Proverbs 16:18 TPT Your boast becomes a prophecy of a future failure.The higher you lift up yourself in pride,the harder you’ll fall in disgrace. An early morning meeting began with King Xerxes asking Haman, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?” So he answered the king, “For the man the king delights to honor, have them bring a royal robe the king has worn and a horse the king has ridden, one with the royal crest placed on his head. Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to…

We’ve all experienced sleepless nights and tried several options to find a remedy. King Xerxes was no exception. Unable to sleep, the king decided to review the history of his reign, and his servants read to him about Mordecai’s good deed which had happened four years earlier and had went unrewarded. That good deed was exposing a plot to assassinate the king which resulted in saving the king’s life. Immediately the king sought to remedy the situation by rewarding Mordecai. At Haman’s home he was also having a restless night. In his anger concerning Mordecai he was having a 75 foot pole erected and planned to ask the king the…

The most arrogant people are often those who must measure their self-worth by the power or influence they think they have over others. Haman was an extremely arrogant leader. He was already filled with racial hatred for all the Jewish people because of the long-standing animosity between the Jews and his own ancestors, the Amalekites. At the end of the banquet with the King, Esther requested that both the king and Haman come again the following day to another banquet at which time she would answer the kings question. Haman went out that day happy and in high spirits. Feeling privileged and chosen. But when he saw Mordecai at the…

Try to imagine how Esther’s heart must have been racing as she entered the throne room and was welcomed by the king. After she received his approval he asked her what it was that she wanted to request. Her response was, “If it pleases the king, let the king, together with Haman, come today to a banquet I have prepared for him.” Then the king and Haman went to the banquet she had prepared. What a strange request. She along with the other Jews in Susa, had been fasting for her meeting with the king and now at that meeting her request was an invitation to a banquet for the…

Years ago I sat in my car watching my oldest son walk into the dorms of his college campus on his first day of school. I felt such pride and thought about how brave he was to walk into the unknow with his head held high. Several years before that I watched as my youngest son walked into the radiation room of a large hospital and prepared to receive a treatment while being bolted to a table to insure that he didn’t move. Courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery. Esther had courage as she boldly…

We treasure security, even though we know that security in this life carries no guarantees – possessions can be destroyed, beauty fades, relationships can be broken, and death is inevitable. Only when our security rests on God and his unchanging nature can we face the challenges that life is sure to bring our way. After Esther received the message from Mordecai she reply, “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against…

Haman’s anger and pride got the best of him and he devised a plot that would destroy the Jews. He then sweet talked the king into signing the decree and cast lots for the day that the deadly deed would be enforced. Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews – young and old, women and children – all on a single day. When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city wailing loudly and bitterly. When Esther was told about Mordecai’s…

As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog Mordecai was a Godly man of character who took a stand for his beliefs, literally. King Xerxes had appointed a man named Haman to a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles. All of the royal officials at the king’s gate knelt down and paid honor to him. Mordecai however would not. Haman was a wicked man and an enemy of the Jews. Mordecai had already decided that he would worship God alone and never let any person, institution, or government take His rightful place as the ultimate authority in his life. Mordecai’s determination came from his faith in God.…