But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king’s gate

 Esther 5:6-14

Esther replied, “My petition and my request is this: If the king regards me with favor and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”

Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. Calling together his friends and Zeresh, his wife, Haman boasted to them about his vast wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials. “And that’s not all,” Haman added. “I’m the only person Queen Esther invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave. And she has invited me along with the king tomorrow. But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king’s gate.”

His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a pole set up, reaching to a height of fifty cubits, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai impaled on it. Then go with the king to the banquet and enjoy yourself.” This suggestion delighted Haman, and he had the pole set up.

In the mellow after-dinner atmosphere, she gives a second invitation. Haman - suspecting nothing, knowing nothing of Esther's relationship to Mordecai - is greatly flattered. He goes home and builds a gallows topping the city wall, on which he intends to hand his enemy.

Why?

Esther let Maman proud of he is the only person Queen Esther invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave. This is smart and calms down the heart of Esther.

Haman had the gallows built and plans to hang on Mordecai the next day.

The evil man digs a hole for himself.

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做大事以前的禱告！不是憑自己之力，血氣之勇！不是靠自己的位分，能力。而且已經準備受死，也可能神會讓她死！禁食禱告，代表這個比吃飯重要。禁食就沒有力量也表達我的軟弱，不是強迫神成就我們什麼事。把結果交給神，自己不用擔心了。

要人如何待我當先求我們如何待人，先尊重該場合、穿朝服，對王的權柄是極度尊重的。若此時提出她的意見會讓王下不了台，好像抗命！在群臣面前尊重王，也尊重王的喜好。你要人如何待你，當如何待人。我們不能只是向神求這求那，不能恃寵而矯。神要我們關心神的事，不能把神當作提款機。

連續兩天邀請王和哈曼來吃飯，有點違反常理，難道不怕夜長夢多?以斯帖等於見王第三次才說。我們常常求神馬上幫助我們，不等神的節奏。

兩次國王請到家裏吃飯，表示關係很親，很大的榮耀。等於國王，王后把哈曼當作家人。

其實哈曼的位份，何必在乎莫底改?莫底改其實完全無法影響哈曼，但是哈曼卻很在意莫底改而生氣。我們有偉大的神，難道一點小小的困難就使我們心中不平嗎？好像我們坐在頭等艙，還在乎要有經濟艙的耳機嗎？

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How?

The Lord is my savior, even the plot of evil could be turned into a blessing to God's followers.