THIS IS HOW YOU WILL END THIS YEAR (2)

Post date: Dec 8, 2020 12:18:01 AM

Haman's intent and plan were to destroy all the Jews, and his plot was to start with the public and humiliating killing of Mordecai. His anger was that Mordecai refused to bow by kneeling to him whenever he passes by because he just received a promotion from the king. Mordecai's decision was not as a result of personal hatred for him but of his religious conviction of not worshiping man for any reason. Haman's anger spilled over and he obtained a letter from the King to carry out his plans against the Jews in the entire province. While Haman spent time and money to finalize his plans, Mordecai spent time in prayers, and Esther also doing the same with fasting. Unknown to both sides was the fact God was actively involved in all of their activities and had already gone ahead of them to place Esther as queen in the province. “When he learned that Mordecai was a Jew, he decided to do more than punish Mordecai alone. He made plans to kill every Jew in the whole Persian Empire.” Esther 3:6

When Mordecai received the decree written and signed by Haman on behalf of the King to kill all the Jews, and also knew of the plot to hang him publicly, he sent words to Esther to urge the king to intervene and change the decree to kill the Jews. Mordecai's prayer was to stop Haman and the people from carrying out the decree, to urge the king to change his mind, and issue another decree to save the lives of the Jews. Mordecai sent Esther this warning; “Don't imagine that you are safer than any other Jew just because you are in the royal palace. If you keep quiet at a time like this, help will come from heaven to the Jews, and they will be saved, but you will die and your father's family will come to an end. Yet who knows, maybe it was for a time like this that you were made queen.” Esther 4:13-14.

Esther did join in fasting and in urging the king to change the decree, but while God answered their prayers, He was also planning something bigger for Mordecai, an honor he never requested, a position he never prayed for and a public celebration he never thought or believed will happen to him. God took Mordecai far above all imaginations. That is exactly what will do for you, taking you far beyond your prayers, your dreams, your expectations and every good word that men may have given to you to make you excited in this life. Mordecai ended with honor and celebration, a celebration and honor he never expected to see or hear; something he never prayed for in his entire life; something he never dreamed for, and something he never imagined will ever happen to him. Beside the hanging of Haman in the galore he prepared, God advanced Mordecai in the land and gave him influence, power, and authority beyond what he could imagine or asked for in prayers. That was an ending orchestrated by God personally and that is how your end will be as you put your trust in God, walk in Him, and allow Him to work in you.

This is how Mordecai ended; “What shall be done for the man whom the King delights to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, whom would the king delight to honor more than me? And Haman answered the king, for the man whom the king delights to honor, let a royal robe be brought which the king has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, which has a royal crest placed on its head. Then let this robe and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that he may array the man whom the king delights to honor. Then parade him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim 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 robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits within the king’s gate. Leave nothing undone of all that you have spoken. So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor. Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and was great among the Jews.”. Esther 6:6-11; 10:3. For prayers, Click here