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You know, some people are never satisfied, no matter how successful they become. The book of Esther tells the tale of such a tragedy. For if ever there was a man who was the epitome of success it was Haman. Haman was Prime Minister, second only to the King. He had the King's ring of authority. He was a man of power and influence. Haman wasn't a big fish in a little pond, he was a big fish in a BIG pond. We're talking the Persian Empire . This was a guy who had made it! Wife, kids, big enough garden to erect a gallows, probably all kinds of Prime Minister-type toys. People were waiting on him non-stop, bowing and scraping to his every whim... except that one little Jewish guy, Mordecai. He was ruining everything for Haman. "When Haman saw that Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage to him, Haman was filled with rage." (Esther 4:5) Haman had a problem. He was a controlling man; the kind that is driven to control everyone and everything around him. When Haman walked through a room and everyone bowed but Mordecai didn't, it infuriated Haman. His anger was such that it prevented him from seeing all the men who were bowing. His focus was only on the one who wasn't. He couldn’t see all that was right; only that which he considered wrong. When you lose perspective, it's the personification of "you can't see the forest for the trees.” Haman's perception became distorted and he became obsessed with Mordecai. This fixation became a problem. First for Haman, then for Mordecai, and then for the entire Persian empire. At first, Mordecai's actions irritated Haman. Next his existence did. Ultimately, Haman decided the whole Jewish race needed to be eliminated. "But he (Haman) disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus ." (Esther 4:6) The obsession to control poisons the mind. It starts with something small that gets your attention and then it grows. First, the focus is on an action or word and then it gets personal. And in this case, even the relatives were involved. Unfortunately, Haman’s story is all too familiar. Many loving relationships are destroyed when the importance of some action grows out of proportion. Relationships come to the brink of destruction because one person demands that another "bow" and behave as they dictate. To exercise their authority, some controlling individuals will risk it all. And in many cases, like Haman’s, they will lose everything because of it. Haman was a man who had it all - and lost it all - all because he had to have it all - his way.
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