When Haman came around on the next day based on Esther’s invitation, the king quickly asked him about what should be done to the man that he (the king) delights to honour.
Thinking he should be the one, he pronounced the good things to be done to such a man; but lo and behold, he was talking about Mordecai, his enemy.
This is also divine.
Why should he be the one to be asked that question?
Why did the king not throw this question to his chamberlains that were there when that record was read?
Why should the king wait for Haman to come around before seeking for an opinion in that matter?
Already it is clear that Mordecai’s honour would suppress Haman’s honour, but the king decided to wait for him to pronounce this.
Praise God!
Haman’s greediness paved way for the magnitude of Mordecai’s honour.
He wanted to see himself at the highest height in that kingdom, but he ended up doing it for Mordecai.
Your enemies will pave way for your upliftment if you remain faithful and prayerful.
Those who plan evil against you and who are at the same time exalting themselves against you, will soon become your stepping stones unto exaltation, in Jesus’ Name.
The good things that your enemies are wishing for themselves against you will become your materials of exaltation, to the glory of the Lord.
Haman had to obey the golden rule, but it was too late for him.
He obeyed it, but to the detriment of his personality.
May the Golden Rule not stand against you in Jesus’ Name!
How many people do you have opportunity to do something good for and you refuse to, due to your own selfish reasons?
Beware of Haman.
Do you know what will become of a man you are suppressing today?
If you are an agent of a man’s divine upliftment, someone will also become yours.
Whatever you sow, you shall reap.
You may either be a ladder unto the elevation of other men or you are a pit against it.
What are you doing to help another man to succeed?
You can’t cause someone to succeed and not succeed yourself.
You are a failure when you cause others to fail.
What you bring on the way of another man cannot depart from your own way.
You cannot be an oppressor and not be pressed down yourself.
You will become what you make others to become.
You could even end up being in a better place than where you have caused someone to get to by being an agent of his elevation.
You will always reap what you sow.
Haman himself was asked to parade Mordecai.
Those things you are doing thinking that they’re for the downfall of a man will become stepping stones unto his elevation.
Your oppression over any man (especially a righteous man) can never stand the test of time; instead, it will fertilize his fruitfulness and engender his exaltation.
I wonder how Haman would feel in the cause of parading Mordecai on that day.
Shame and disgrace came upon him as the righteous man was elevated.
This is the portion of all enemies of righteousness.
They won’t survive the exaltation of such righteous men.
It appears that even the permissive initial elevation of Haman was of God; such that he being the noblest man of the land among the king’s servants should be used to honour Mordecai.
What a seeming erroneous exaltation!
When he was initially elevated, the Jews were in trouble, not knowing that that trouble will end up in their joy.
The trouble ended up as stubble.
Mordecai was brought again to the king’s gate.
This initial elevation did not cause him to move away from the king’s gate.
He was still brought back there, though honoured by the king.
He became an honoured man at the gate.
He was honoured, but still had to return to where he was serving.
This first honour could not take him away from the gate to another more exalted place.
God would further test his faithfulness and humility as he continues to serve at the gate without reservation and a show of pride.
However, he was not expected to end at that gate.
If he had gone straight to the peak of his life at that time, it may not be too bad.
But God tests people’s faithfulness by allowing them to serve for a while in levels that are lower than their real capacities, in order to test their faithfulness and humility.
It only becomes an error when you remain at your ‘king’s gate’ permanently without being ushered to where you really belong.
I prophesy to you that you will be placed in the rightful place of your real spiritual capacity, in Jesus’ Name.
Mordecai was brought before King Ahasuerus through the influence of Esther.
His relationship with Esther continued to yield results.
The king did not know that Mordecai was indirectly close to him through his wife, Esther.
He (Mordecai) was an ordinary man that was close to the king through Esther whom he brought up.
May the Lord help you to raise people that can usher you before great men!
Mordecai’s influence in making Esther to be influential was going to result to his own influential position in the kingdom of Persia.
He raised a woman of influence and he (himself) became influential.
To God be the glory!
All that Haman had in his house was turned over to Mordecai.
It means that all those that were at the service of Haman were automatically at the service of Mordecai.
Those things that Haman set to fight against Mordecai began to work in favour of Mordecai.
Halleluyah!
The exaltation of Mordecai as Queen Esther handed over all that was in the house of Haman to him made situations (both positive and negative) to work in his favour.
The house of Haman was so subjected to him that he had to convert what was intended to be for the evil of the Jews to turnaround for his good.
This actually shows that the hand of God was in the initial elevation of Haman.
Whoever is the ‘Haman’ occupying a position that is meant for you will give way for your manifestation, in Jesus’ Name.
What did Mordecai do after all these?
He did not handle his position and house as Haman did.
He might have met a lot of evil things including charms in that house, but he would not follow after Haman’s lifestyle.
When you are elevated to a certain position to replace an ungodly and wicked man, what will you do?
Will you not be negatively influenced by the advice of those that connived with him to do evil?
Will you not become a womanizer like he was?
Will you not begin to embezzle government funds like that your predecessor?
May you become another Mordecai to change evil to good and change darkness to light.