Est 6:10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

 

That night after the first banquet by Esther, king Ahasuerus could not sleep. So what did he do? He asked for the book of records of the chronicles to be read to him. That book contained all the records of what had happened since he had been king. When the servant read how Mordecai had saved the king’s life from an attempted assassination by two of the king’s guards , the king asked: "What has been done to reward Mordecai for this?" The servant replied: "Nothing has been done for him, Your Majesty!"                                                The king was disappointed. How could someone who saved the king’s life not rewarded for it? It’s just not right. He decided to right the wrong. He decided to honor Mordecai. Just then, Haman came in to make recommendation to hang Mordecai on a gallows he had built.   But before Haman could even get a word out, the king asked him what should be done for the person whom the king wished to honour. Haman thought the king was referring to him, so he recommended a whole bunch of nice things. He recommended that the person whom the king wished to honour should be dressed in royal robes and led around town on one of the king's own horses, wearing a royal crown on its head. He should be led through the town in a procession announcing his honour by the king’s most noble officer. Haman was imagining himself on that horse. The king’s reply shocked Haman: “Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew” (v.10). “Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour” (v.11). Hebrews 6:10 reads: “For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.” Mordecai had done a great work in saving the king’s life. He was not immediately rewarded for it. Why? Divine Providence! God knew when the best time to reward Mordecai. Mordecai’s work did not go unnoticed; it was written in the book of chronicles of the king. Mordecai was in no hurry to receive his reward; he left it to God’s timing. Brethren, our good works will not go unnoticed by God. Yes, men will forget our good works; but not God. The all seeing eyes see everything we do: “Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name” (Malachi 3:16). A book of remembrance existed in the Persian court. A book of remembrance exists with God too. Do not worry if we do not receive our rewards now. So often we are eager to receive our reward. We want our now. We transfer this impatience to God. We wonder when God is going to reward us. We think we have done so much work for Him but yet our lives are still so miserable. We look at those who are not serving God and they are rich. We envy them and wonder why we remain poor. Fret not, my brethren; read Psalm 49:16-20. God will reward us. His reward will be the greatest of all. Why desire earthly riches when a more eternal and heavenly one is waiting for us: “To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you” (1 Peter 1:4).