TAKING OUT THE PREDATOR

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE For FRIDAY, 24TH MARCH, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l

TOPIC: TAKING OUT THE PREDATOR

MEMORIZE: "And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons" (ESTHER 9:14).

SCRIPTURE READING: ESTHER 9:13-19

“13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. 15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand. 16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey, 17 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.  18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.”

EXPOSITION:

Haman was that kind of predator. His ten sons were hanged and the Jews had a relief. Haman was vicious and dangerous. He was not satisfied with crushing Mordecai alone, but also used his privileged position to plot the destruction of the entire Jewish race. Fortunately, God turned things around and the hunter suddenly became the hunted. Haman died an inglorious death on the special gallows he erected for Mordecai. The Jews declared those days as public holidays to celebrate and praise the Lord who turned their sorrow to joy.

Haman had clearly abused his powers and was not only a liability to the human race. He was also morally and spiritually bankrupt. It will be a disaster to have people with this kind of mindset in government or in position of leadership.

Humiliation and disgrace often follow when power is abused and used as a tool of destruction against innocent people. When God, like the daylight sun, eventually arises for His people, the darkness is forced to retreat. The wicked should expect their day in heaven's court sooner or later.

PRAYER POINT: Lord, Help me never to end my life like Haman did. I refused to be an hater of God and His people and kingdom in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  1 Samuel 29 - 31.

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