Will you stand to obey the Lord ?

Will you stand to obey the Lord ?

Later, King Xerxes promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha to the highest position in his kingdom. The king had given orders for his officials at the royal gate to honor Haman by kneeling down to him. All of them obeyed except Mordecai who was  Jew and Jews bow down only to the Lord God. They don’t show respect by kneeling down infront of humans. They reported this to Haman, to find out if he would let Mordecai get away with it. Haman was furious to learn that Mordecai refused to kneel down and honor him. And when he found out that Mordecai was a Jew, he knew that killing only Mordecai was not enough. Every Jew in the whole kingdom had to be killed. Then Haman went to the king and said: Your Majesty, there are some people who live all over your kingdom and won't have a thing to do with anyone else. They have customs that are different from everyone else's, and they refuse to obey your laws. We would be better off to get rid of them! Why not give orders for all of them to be killed? I can promise that you will get tons of silver for your treasury. The king handed his official ring to Haman, who hated the Jews, and the king told him, "Do what you want with those people! You can keep their money." They wrote letters that were taken by messengers to every part of the kingdom, and this is what was said in the letters: On the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month, all Jewish men, women, and children are to be killed. And their property is to be taken.

Lesson to be Learnt:

            There are many social evil prevailing around us today. Manytimes we tend to fight against it, but finally give up. But, look how Mordecai stood up to honor only the Lord and bow down before none except God. Today there might be situations in which you  might be forced to do wrong. But when you choose to obey God amidst all problems, the Lord will honor you too. Now this situation will better explain things. “You are a believer in Christ and want to keep God’s command in your life. Now consider your manager comes up and tell you to give a fake report concealing his mistake financially.” What would you do in that situation? Would you chose to obey God’s command like Mordecai ? If yes, God will honor you greatly for your obedience. We will have evil always around us, but we  must not be overcome by it but overcome it.

Romans 12:21

 (CEV)  Don't let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good.

(Hindi) बुराई से न हारो परन्‍तु भलाई से बुराई का जीत लो।।

(Kan) ಕೆಟ್ಟತನಕ್ಕೆ ಸೋತುಹೋಗದೆ ಒಳ್ಳೇತನದಿಂದ ಕೆಟ್ಟತನವನ್ನು ಸೋಲಿಸು.

(Mal) തിന്മയോടു തോല്‍ക്കാതെ നന്മയാല്‍ തിന്മയെ ജയിക്കുക.

 (Tamil OV)  நீ தீமையினாலே வெல்லப்படாமல், தீமையை நன்மையினாலே வெல்லு.

(Telugu)  కీడువలన జయింపబడక మేలుచేత కీడును జయించుము.