DAILY?READINGS: Joshua 8; Isaiah 5; Luke 22:54 to 23:12
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. Esther 3:5
Haman was an ambitious and proud man. Mordecai’s unwillingness to give him the due he felt he deserved made him hate Mordecai. How often the seeds of disunity and even anger are sown when someone does not get the acknowledgement they feel they deserve. How disappointing and sad. The praise of men ought not to be our goal. We ought to simply serve the Lord and one day He will reward us. Haman reminds us of Satan’s work. Let’s beware of him. —G. Frear
Behold, how pleasant and how good,
That we, one Lord confessing,
Together dwell in brotherhood,
Our unity expressing.
—G. C. Stebbins