Read Esther 6.
The irony is incredible.
No movie script writer will ever be able to top this scene.
Multiple things were taking place at the same time. Only God could have orchestrated this.
1. God was preparing the king's heart for what Esther would
request later that day.
The timing and sequence of events is far beyond any
coincidence. That night he could not
sleep. He called for reading of the
empire's historical records. The readers
just happened to read how Mordecai saved the king's life. The king asked what had been done to honor
Mordecai.
2. God was preparing Haman for his downfall.
One would be hard pressed to find a greater example of
sinful pride in the entire Bible. He
just happened to be in the court that morning at the same time the king asked
about honoring Mordecai. His ego
unleashed all of his vanity in answering the king's question. King
Ahasuerus ordered him to be a servant to Mordecai that day and at the very same
time Haman the gallows had been completed upon which to hang Mordecai.
3. God was preparing Mordecai for his promotion.
He did a good deed and was never thanked. Indeed, he was forgotten by others but not by
God. God waited until He could use that
information for a much greater purpose.
Here was a Jew, a captured slave of the empire, being paraded through
the streets wearing the king's garb, led by the man who hated him.
God is at work even when we cannot see what He is doing.
God will deal with the unrepentant sinner sooner or later.
God sees our circumstances and knows how to use them at the
right time to unfold His plan for our lives.
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