Haman sought advancement with King Xerxes, Esther’s husband, but used his favor with the King to annihilate the Jews. God used Esther, a Jew herself, to expose Haman’s evil plot and halt his ambitious plan. The death he planned for his enemy became the fate his own ambition created for himself. He died and his Godly rival was promoted.

Carnal ambition can bring about your demise when employed against God’s eternal purposes.

PRAYER: Father, we repent of our carnal, self-serving ambitions. We trust You alone for our place in this life.

• Please pray for Ronnie Widington this morning who is at Newnan Piedmont hospital with possible gall bladder infection.

READING: Esther 3-7

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