The Disease of Haman

Still, none of this satisfies me since I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the King's Gate all the time. - Haman (Esther 5:13)

Many things could be said to have led to the death of Haman. Arrogance and a lust for power, just to name a couple. Yet, in the end, there was one fault that particularly tipped the scales.

Haman died because he could not live without the acclamation of others.

We see his "need" in Haman's relationship to both the king and the queen (as he basked in their presumed gaze and moved in and out of their royal aura), but we also see it in his reaction to the lack of respect paid by Mordecai. Haman lived to be noticed and it killed him.

It will kill your ministry (and/or career), too. The only remedy for the "disease of Haman" is finding your purpose and worth in Christ, and losing your self in the process.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. - Henry David Thoreau