The Pilgrim Path---Esther 6: 6—14 (2—15—23)

So Haman came in, and the king said, “What should be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” And Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?” And Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor, let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse that the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown is set. And let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble officials. Let them dress the man whom the king delights to honor, and let them lead him on the horse through the square of the city, proclaiming before him: ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.’” Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry; take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Leave out nothing that you have mentioned.” So Haman took the robes and the horse, and he dressed Mordecai and led him through the square of the city, proclaiming before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.”

Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered. And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him but will surely fall before him.”

While they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman to the feast that Esther had prepared.

“YOU WILL NOT OVERCOME HIM…”

Haman would never have believed it could happen. But it did. The LORD God Almighty had his anger, bitterness, deceit, godless scheming, and pride---chase him down. Whatsoever a man sows---that shall he also reap. As Dr. R. G. Lee used to preach, “PAYDAY---Someday!” No one who tries to be God---will escape the judgment of God. God “outside” of Jesus Christ---is terrible to contend with! We all need The Savior…

The Shorter Catechism, Question 26: How doth Christ execute the office of a king?

Answer: Christ executeth the office of a king, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.

From Jack Miller: One central conviction has come to me: it is that pride and self-centered ambition crowd the love of God out of my life. Therefore I constantly need to repent of pride and self-importance and to have the love of God as seen in the golden message of grace crowd out wicked stuff like self-importance. I pray; I believe; Lord, help me with my unbelief!

From Alistair Begg: We will never come to know the LORD Jesus Christ as a reality until we see HIM as a necessity.

Grace & Peace in Jesus, the Only Redeemer of broken and wretched souls, Pastor Jason