The Bottomless Pit of Pride
StoryAnalogyHistorical Account★★★★Haman has everything. Here’s what I find interesting. But Haman isn’t happy with everything because Mordecai will not acknowledge how great he is.
Esther 5, verse 9 tells us that Mordecai the Jew would not bow down to Haman, however great he is. And he goes home and has a party with his friends. Man, I am something else. Have you seen it?
And the king said this, he’s name dropping and wow, I’m important. But his wife pulls him aside and says you seem really really unhappy after everything you’ve achieved you seem unhappy He says well, I don’t like my promotion not if Mordecai won’t acknowledge it.
What’s the lesson there? There’s no satisfaction in sin pride is a Bottomless pit and the more you feed it the bigger that monster gets and there’s no end to it. You will never find contentment in sin, ever. You will always be looking for more.
In Christ, we have absolute contentment. Paul said, I’ve learned to be content in whatever condition I’m in. Haman can’t be happy. Not in sin.
Not when you’re motivated by pride.
Boonstra, Shawn; Flickinger, Eric, “11 Ruth and Esther” (AudioVerse teaching 43679).
The point
The story of Haman, who despite having the highest position in Persia, was deeply unhappy because Mordecai refused to bow to him, illustrates that pride is a bottomless pit. The speaker explains that sin and pride can never bring true contentment, only a constant craving for more, in contrast to the contentment found in Christ.