PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL: Devotion for Friday March 18, 2016
Text: Esther 5:9 – 14 Memory verse: v 12
Self-admirers and self-flatterers are really self-deceivers. The worst thing that can happen to someone is keeping a bad friend and spouse. When you have a spouse or friends that are God-fearing and truthful, you can hardly run into problem. Haman came home rejoicing for the honour of being invited to a dinner with the king and queen. However, to him, his joy was not complete with Mordecai being at the king’s gate. I pray that your presence will cause problem for your enemies in Jesus name.
Thus Haman sought the consent of his wife, Zeresh and friends. They suggested gallows to hang Mordecai after seeking for permission from the king (5:13). This was pleasing to Haman (5:14). According to Family Bible Note, “The measures which men take for the destruction of others often prove the means of their own; and while they glory in anticipated victory, they sink into irretrievable ruin.” This was the case of Haman. Please make time to read the chapter six.
Haman’s family and friends, who were as arrogant as he, suggested that the gallows be 75 feet high. They wanted to make sure that all the people of the city saw Mordecai’s death and would be reminded of the consequences of disobeying Haman. Ironically, these high gallows allowed everyone to see Haman’s death. Pride leads to destruction. It was pride that destroyed Belshazzar. Beware how you live your life because “There is nothing into which the heart of man so easily falls as pride. And yet there is no vice that is more frequently, more emphatically, and more eloquently condemned in Scripture” according Charles Spurgeon.
Food for Thought: “A man's pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honour” – Prov. 29:23.
Prayer: Almighty God, grant me humble spirit and remove every spirit of pride in me which leads to destruction.
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