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PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29
Esther 6:7-10
Proverbs 16:18
"Pride goeth before
destruction..."
PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL
Haman readily made the detailed suggestions on how to honour the person whom the king delighted in. He proposed that the king’s own royal robes be put on that man, that he be put upon the king’s personal horse, and even put the king’s royal crown on his head. Then have the noblest prince of the kingdom hand-lead this royally arrayed person on the king’s horse through the city. In addition, this prince should announce to all around, as they went through the city, that this was how the king wished this person to be treated in order to honour him. At the end of Haman’s proposal, the king told Haman to immediately obtain the royal robes and horse, and to do to Mordecai everything he had suggested. He was to hurry to do so immediately. And Haman was commanded to make sure not a single thing he suggested was omitted for Mordecai. Being the highest ranking official, Haman would thus be the one to lead Mordecai through the city, and announce the very words he suggested himself.
Since Haman initially thought the king wanted to honour him, all he could think of when asked was to propose how he himself wanted to be maximally honoured. He wanted to be paraded in the greatest pomp through the city for all to see, sitting on a high horse. To ask the king for his royal attire, sit on his royal horse, and to wear the empire’s royal crown, it was practically to want to be the king of Persia himself! The fact that he could come up so quickly with the details betrayed the fact that these were thoughts he had been entertaining all the while in his own heart frequently. Moreover, there was no better way to get an added boost to his pride which had been wounded by Mordecai. But instead, Haman would be brought to a new low by Divine providence. Mordecai would be honoured while Haman would be abased. Whoever God elevates to high positions, He can also bring low very quickly.
THOUGHT: Am I proud and seeking man’s admiration?
PRAYER: Lord, help me not to fall into the sin of pride.
Posted in Adult RPG
Esther 6:7-10
Proverbs 16:18
"Pride goeth before
destruction..."
PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL
Haman readily made the detailed suggestions on how to honour the person whom the king delighted in. He proposed that the king’s own royal robes be put on that man, that he be put upon the king’s personal horse, and even put the king’s royal crown on his head. Then have the noblest prince of the kingdom hand-lead this royally arrayed person on the king’s horse through the city. In addition, this prince should announce to all around, as they went through the city, that this was how the king wished this person to be treated in order to honour him. At the end of Haman’s proposal, the king told Haman to immediately obtain the royal robes and horse, and to do to Mordecai everything he had suggested. He was to hurry to do so immediately. And Haman was commanded to make sure not a single thing he suggested was omitted for Mordecai. Being the highest ranking official, Haman would thus be the one to lead Mordecai through the city, and announce the very words he suggested himself.
Since Haman initially thought the king wanted to honour him, all he could think of when asked was to propose how he himself wanted to be maximally honoured. He wanted to be paraded in the greatest pomp through the city for all to see, sitting on a high horse. To ask the king for his royal attire, sit on his royal horse, and to wear the empire’s royal crown, it was practically to want to be the king of Persia himself! The fact that he could come up so quickly with the details betrayed the fact that these were thoughts he had been entertaining all the while in his own heart frequently. Moreover, there was no better way to get an added boost to his pride which had been wounded by Mordecai. But instead, Haman would be brought to a new low by Divine providence. Mordecai would be honoured while Haman would be abased. Whoever God elevates to high positions, He can also bring low very quickly.
THOUGHT: Am I proud and seeking man’s admiration?
PRAYER: Lord, help me not to fall into the sin of pride.
Posted in Adult RPG