Esther 6

So Haman came in, and the king asked him, “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?” v.6

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Talk about perfect timing.  Haman is on his way to the palace to tell the king to have Mordecai hung, and the second he enters the court of the king the king calls for him to tell him to have Mordecai honored.  The king had no clue of this plot of Mordecai and was attempting to reverse it, he did it because the night before when he was having trouble sleeping decided to have the chronicles read to him and in hearing how Mordecai saved his life and hadn't been rewarded want to honor him now.  That's not just coincidence, that's providence.  No one's laughing at this turn of events except maybe some angles;)  I wonder if the king was hoping the boringness of reading old news records would help him sleep, but glad it livened him up.  The record of Mordecai saving the King by learning of the plot to kill him was five years earlier, five years!  That's a long time in receiving a reward for a good deed, but it did come with time.  How too we may have done thankful deeds never recognized, like being a parent, but take heart your reward will come maybe later in this life or maybe not till heaven.  Take heart God keeps records of your good deeds and delights to honor you. Now looking at Haman as well in this chapter was humiliated and taken a blow to his pride.  Ultimately it was his pride and selfish ambition that caused him this humiliation, not evil out to get him.  How often is it though with us or others when they're depressed that it's a result of things not going their way or their pride made humble?  Proverb 18:12 rings true of these two men, "Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility."  When have you seen providence of perfect timing of God in situations so close to death or disaster?  Have you received a reward for something that happened a long time ago?  Was your heart humble or prideful in waiting for this reward?