I am so beautiful, to ME

Scripture Read: Esther 6:4-9  So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared for him. ⁵ The king’s servants said to him, “Behold, Haman is standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.” ⁶ So Haman came in and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?” And Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?” ⁷ Then Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king desires to honor, ⁸ let them bring a royal robe which the king has worn, and the horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown has been placed; ⁹ and let the robe and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble princes and let them array the man whom the king desires to honor and lead him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor.’ ”  

Application: Here we see a couple of more truths concerning the “the Haman principle”. A person that is setting themselves up for this trap I call “the Haman principle” is blind to the very trap they themselves are setting. There is a bit or irony in the “the Haman principle”. They have convinced themselves that they will not answer to anyone and  they have no fear of the wrong they are doing. Their arrogance has become so engrained that they believe all will see things the way they do. They have become numb to the idea that in the end no one really gets away with anything. The world says “what goes around comes around” or they call it Karma – God states it very clear – “ What a man sows, he will reap.” (Gal 6:7) When you are in the midst of “the Haman principle” you have convince yourself you are above this principle. Many go all the way to the end of their life thinking “they got away with it” only to find on the other side of the doorway we call death – their Maker is waiting to meet with them and confront them about the evil they have done. Another sign of being swept into “the Haman principle” is that you think life revolves around you. Haman had fallen so deeply in love with himself that he could not conceive of the King not thinking of him when the question was asked. When we become over occupied with ourselves we begin to manipulate life to go the way we want it to. When life does not submit to what you want – you lose control of sane thinking and can do some pretty incredibly stupid and evil things. The problem is once something stupid or evil is begun, we can lose control very quickly. Before we know it we have trapped ourselves. I know that I have done this with sin in my life and have had to pay the price. We need to learn from Haman here – stop! Slow down – make sure You are letting God lead you in your actions. He will never lead you into evil. If you have to confront evil He will show you how without it becoming personal or revenge. Father help us to understand the best way not to reap evil is to not SOW it!

Meditation Questions: How important to you, are you? Be honest. When someone is praised over you, how do you feel? If you heard someone saying something wonderful about someone but did not know who it was, would your focus be on what was said or hoping it was about you? When you get caught in a sin what is the first thing you do? What does that show? Do you believe you will give account for your life? What does that mean to you?