Thursday, June 21, 2012

"Puffed Up" Syndrome

Esther 6:6
6When Haman entered, the king asked him, "What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?" Now Haman thought to himself, "Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?"

Haman was the Agagite (direct descendant of King Agag of the Amalekites) who didn't tell the king upfront that he wanted to kill the Jews. He hid the identity of the people so he would receive full cooperation from King Xerxes take their wealth and kill them. King Xerxes wasn't able to sleep the previous night and the book of the chronicles used to put him to sleep recorded that Mordecai, Esther's cousin, had exposed a plot to kill King Xerxes. Haman considered Mordecai his arch enemy. He had already planned to hang Mordecai on a gallows that stood seventy-five feet high. Yes, that's some serious hatred. But for Haman, who was puffed up in his own imagination, thought he was the deal and he was indeed the one the king wanted to honor. The king had many in his court but out of all, Haman thought he was most important. Sounds like a case of narcissism. Have you ever known someone who thought and acted as though they were more important than anyone they knew? Do you know anyone who will stop at nothing to be the center of attention in every situation or every group setting? If they sense they are not the center of attention will they then begin to act out to make it so? Then this may be a case of the "puffed up" syndrome. One in which the Lord will aptly burst the bubble like he did with Haman. Haman was furious when he found out King Xerxes wanted to honor his arch enemy Mordecai. It was bad enough it wasn't him and he gave the king advice as though he would be the one honored so he actually had two bubbles burst by the Lord. In situations where the ego is so bruised, be careful. Haman planned to murder Mordecai for the same reason, his ego had been badly bruised. Those with puffed up syndrome actually have the most fragile egos. As the Lord brings them down they often decide it's the fault of others rather than taking responsibility for them thinking more highly of themselves then they ought. Haman met a most ugly fate. Hopefully, you are not this type of person.


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