Esther 3:5 When Haman saw
that Mordecai would not bow down or show him respect, he was filled with rage.
Haman was the prime
minister in King Xerxes’ kingdom. It was
a vast kingdom and the most powerful one on earth at the time. Haman was highly feared and respected through
the land and people were expected to bow before him wherever he went.
Mordecai was a Jew and would not bow before
him. He was devoted to God and bowed
only to Him. Mordecai did not fear Haman
or any other man. He only feared
God. This did not set well with
Haman. He let his position go to his
head and believed that he deserved to be treated as someone special. When someone did not treat him as special, he
went into a rage.
No one deserves to be
put on a pedestal or treated better than others. No one.
We are all created equal by God.
In Christ, no one has any better standing before God than anyone
else. No one has any right to lord it
over another.
We are to treat one
another with love and respect. We have
no right to look down on anyone or think we are better than anyone. It is sin to put ourselves above another and
God holds us accountable for it.
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