Favor

Any of Haman’s friends and family who thought they might escape his misdeeds were sadly mistaken. Things had moved so fast that they hadn’t time to get their stories straight or their affairs in order. Shortly after the eunuchs had whisked him away to the queen’s banquet they had returned; and, as a good friend pointed out, “hoisted him on his own petard” – a lovely turn of phrase from Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet. But the writhing figure of Haman wasn’t the end of their troubles: That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. ~Esther 8:1 This was called plunder. It was a common practice. The enemy of the state was left not only dead, but the family was left impoverished. It was a rough justice known as total war.

Queen Esther was now wealthy in her own right. But that wasn’t the end of the good news. It was just the beginning: And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate. Esther 8:1b-2

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Favor is a principle we see at work throughout the Scriptures. Those who walk humbly before God and assume the virtues of faith eventually rise. Honesty, kindness, loyalty, mercy, humility and many other virtues never go out of style. We mentioned that a few weeks ago when Paul, referencing the fruit of the spirit, tells us that: “…no law has been enacted against them.”Virtue gets noticed. Virtue gets rewarded.

But that works both ways. Eventually, the calculating soul will be outed. They may prosper for a season, perhaps even for a life, but the books will be reconciled at some point. Bluster and bloviating and using people may very well enrich a bank account but it will never win affection and trust. The secret set of books they must keep – both financially and relationally – is a mare’s nest to keep straight and it’s always churning and changing. Their minds are crowded with competing voices and for them, clueless though they may be, the shadow of hell is already lengthening over their brief existence.