Esther 6:1-14
Just a night before Mordecai‘s execution at the gallows, the king could not sleep, and asked that the book of the chronicles be brought out and read. When he heard the part that told of how Mordecai revealed a murder plot against him, he asked what reward had been given to Mordecai for this. The answer was none!
While the king was still considering, Haman came to the court and the king sent for him, asking him what he thought should be done to the man the king wishes to honour. Haman thought to himself that surely there would be no other to be honoured than him, so he made a very bold request for a robe worn by the king, and a horse ridden with a royal crest to be given to the man.Furthermore, such man should such adorned, put on the horse and be paraded all around the city by of the king’s noble men, proclaiming that thus shall be done to the man the king delights to honour.
I can imagine the look on Haman’s face when the king commanded him to quickly do exactly that for Mordecai – his arch enemy. He could not refuse the king’s order, so he obliged in shame. At the end, he went home mourning and sorrowfully, while Mordecai returned to the king’s gates.
God is the one that prepares a table in the presence of our enemies. He turned the plot of the enemy against him, and cause honour to come from a very unlikely hand, that of the enemy’s. All this happened at the darkest moment when the Jews were still awaiting what would be their outcome based on Haman’s evil plot to annihilate them. Surely Mordecai needed no more further proof that God had already taken charge of the situation, and rather than prevail, their enemy would surely bow before them.
Some verses to remember
11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
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