As soon as the word left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, "A gallows seventy-five feet high stands by Haman's house. He had it made for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king."
The king said, "Hang him on it!" So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's fury subsided. – Esther 7: 8-10
The king said, "Hang him on it!" So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's fury subsided. – Esther 7: 8-10
Today’s Reading: Esther 6-8; Acts 6
Talk about what did the five fingers say to the face… good gracious.
Haman concocted this elaborate plan to have Mordecai killed. He even built a 75 foot tall gallows to hang him from. How arrogant was that? He was so sure that his deceitful plan would succeed that he built the instrument of his own destruction.
Have you ever known someone who became so mad at another person that they devoted entirely too much energy to bringing that person down?
We always gotta remember an important spiritual truth. Haters never prosper.
Retribution, justice, revenge… these are all things that are not your job. Plus, given the extremely subjective nature of our existence, we are not equipped to mete them out righteously.
So sit back and chill. Folks who do dirt are preparing their own disastrous beds that they will surely lie in.
If they deserve to fall, they will fall.
But if you stick your leg out to make them stumble, surely, it will be crushed under the weight of your deceit before it causes them to fall.
Wanna test that? Go for it? As for me… I’ll mind my own business and keep chasing these dreams.
