Pride's fruit.

This morning I read one of my most favorite stories from Scripture.   
The Story of Haman getting caught in his blind pride and arrogance.  
- He was a Friend of the King    
- Authority to do pretty much what he wanted to    
but   
One man - a peasant really
Practically a beggar in compaison
- That man
wouldn't 'honour' him.
Wouldn't bow down in his presence....

Really?
Get over it Haman!

And So
Haman made a plan...

to Kill that man

to 'get rid' of the problem.
He had the authority
He had the power.
Who would stop him?

This is the part that I love....
The Man that Haman hated without cause
was a man who loved
and was loved by:
God.

And So
because of his pride
and arrogance
Haman got sucked into the vortex of
this 'peasant's' life
and God's care for him.

and it resulted in Haman
leading a horse upon which the 'Peasant' rode
and declaring to ALL that,
"This is what the King does for a man He is pleased with"

Public Humiliation - the 'antidote' for Haman's Prideful inner thoughts....

Such Irony
Such Poetic Justice
Such sweet hilarious, ridiculous turn of the tables
on a VERY evil man's intentions.
read about it in Esther 6

As much as I love reading the story
there is a 'check' in my heart....

What do I have pride in my heart about?
- Better than someone else?
- Got it all 'figured out'...?

Lord,
I ask You Please to reveal
my pride to me

Gently.

I choose to listen
to be self aware
to hear
to repent before I would get to such a terrible point
as this man
Haman.

Today I choose Humility

Thank You for teaching me
Jesus.

PJ