TUESDAY - 24TH AUGUST, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
WHAT SHALL BE DONE UNTO THE MAN GOD DELIGHTS TO HONOUR
READ Esther 6
Esther 6:6, KJV
"So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?"
King Ahasuerus found out that Mordecai averted the death planned against him by two of his chamberlains. In order to compensate this fellow who after scrutiny was discovered to have been left unappreciated, the king requested of Haman who came to ask that Mordecai be hanged by him what he'll suggest as the honour that fits such a man that so much makes the king happy.
Haman, having been swallowed by selfishness thought it was him. Haman therefore suggested something which was the peak of a gratifying honour for himself and for anyone who should fall into that position. He requested the fellow to be worn the king's royal apparel, ridden on the king's horse and shown around town with the shout, "this is what the king would do to whomever he is pleased with."
May you not incur the wrath of the king. If he could go to any length to bless, he could to the extreme go to hurt also. After mentioning a sampling of what honour the king could do the man he delights in, the king commanded Haman to do what he has described to him to Mordecai without diminishing one of the descriptions.
This is how Mordecai began to have upper hand over Haman who seeks his life. Though it was hard for Haman, yet he dressed Mordecai up and showed him to the entire citizenry. It was shame to him but glory to Mordecai.
Ask yourself as you look up to heaven while racking your head, "what could God seek to do a man He delights in?"
We may not be able to say it is A or B for God had done a lot of different things for different people who delighted Him. For Solomon, God gave him all he didn't asked for when he delighted God by asking for a discerning heart to judge Israel. For Abraham, he believed God and God took it to the extreme by accounting it as righteousness for him. So, it varies from one person to the other. One thing that we do know is that once a man delights God like Mordecai delighted Ahasuerus, God will always go big. The compensation is always rewarding and verily felt. God just don't withold. He opens His treasure and spends it freely. Once God does you this honour, only then will you experience what it means for God to seek to do a man honour.
For you to earn God's honour isn't far fetched. Please Him. God is looking at your heart and only He really knows if you're satisfying Him. If you pass God's test of having a right heart, God seeks you to respect. May you enter into the record book of attention.
PRAYER: Lord, search me and see if there be any wicked way in me. Lead me in the way everlasting. May my life be a living sacrifice, attracting your endorsement and honour.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Judges 19:1-20:48, John 3:22-4:3, Psalm 104:24-35, Proverbs 14:22-24
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