God Turns the Tables on the Proud Sample

Haman Forgot the Principle “You Reap What You Sow”

Haman had a massive ego. He delighted in the respect of men. He delighted in controlling people. He delighted in his riches, his power, his position, and in his clever schemes. 

But Haman did not know that if you set yourself up against God and His people, you will fail. It is foolhardy to fight against God. If he had practiced humility, he wouldn't have found himself hanging from the gallows.

When the king asked Haman the question, “What is to be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?” Haman immediately thinks of himself! Haman reverted from interior monologue (6:6) to exterior monologue (6:7-9) and suggested a grand and public scale of the honours that must be given.

Little did Haman know he was guaranteeing that he not be the one who was going to be honored, but the one to carry out these honors.

The good things that Haman planned for himself, he ended up having to do for Mordecai. The bad things he planned for his enemies, the towering gallows for Mordecai, God used to execute him. 

The irony of  the reversal is dramatic: Haman had intended that Xerxes should utter the final words of condemnation, ‘impale him on it’, and had intended that Mordecai should be the subject! But Haman found himself being impaled on the gallows.

Haman reaped what he sowed. His treachery, his deceitfulness, his greed, his pride, his envy, his hatred all came back. He hung on his own gallows 

Just as surely there is the law of gravity and the law of thermodynamics, there is also the law of sowing and reaping. The Bible says in Galatians 6:7-8 “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”

Some people think they can fool God. They think that they can sin without any consequences.

Sow a thought, reap an act. Sow an act, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny. It starts with a thought. What do you let into your mind, what do you contemplate, what do you ponder?

Haman had a deep-seated bitterness in his heart, his mind was full of pride, his actions were full of evil and he reaped what he sowed.

Life is full of choices. You will reap what you sow. Therefore, choose life! 

Quote: “Every selfish, sinful, or indulgent choice I make today is sowing a seed that will reap a multiplied harvest. And every act of obedience is a seed that will produce a multiplied harvest of blessing in my life and in the lives of those I love. Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Prayer: Lord, help me to make the right choices in life, recognizing thevprinciple that what I sow today will decide the harvest of tomorrow. Let me not be like Haman. Amen