Bringing Haman to His Own Gallows

Great men can fall, and often, their downfall comes from a place no one sees. For Haman, it was insecurity. That hidden weakness in the heart of a powerful man became the most dangerous thing about him. In his insecurity, he exhausted his strength fighting Mordecai, chasing a self-imposed enemy, reacting to shadows that were never after him in the first place. That kind of insecurity proved to be destructive.

Let’s revisit the whole story

Haman stood next to the great King Ahasuerus, who ruled over one hundred and twenty provinces from India to Ethiopia. Yet despite his proximity to such power, his ego demanded constant affirmation. The moment Mordecai the Jew, who sat at the king’s gate, refused to bow for “religious reasons,” Haman lost all sense of proportion. “What is all this honor worth to me,” he fumed, “as long as Mordecai is still alive?” 

From that moment, he poured his energy into destroying one man who wasn’t even fighting him. What Haman failed to understand was this: beneath Mordecai stood the everlasting arms of the Almighty. God would use a woman in the palace to turn the story around and bring Haman to the very gallows he built. As Scripture says, He “disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.”

The Source of True Personal Security

A person’s real sense of security comes from a well-developed mind anchored in Christ, not from positions, power, or wealth. You may be skilled at fighting others, but you may completely fail to fight the monster that rises from within you, from your own sense of insecurity. So, as you go about your daily life, carry along a ‘spiritual sense ’: not every battle is yours. Not every matter needs your voice. And not every situation is safe for you to step into. Do not meddle with things too great or too high for you.