THE MIDNIGHT DRAMA OF TWO SLEEPLESS MEN ((ESTHER 7)

ESTHER 6:1-11 demonstrates the dramatic cosequences of God's sovereign control over the lives of two men, King Ahasuerus and his 'Prime Minister' Haman. We see he hand of God at work in the sleeplessness of the King, the page chosen randomly from the state records to read to the wakeful monarch, the King's request for advice about rewarding the Jew Mordecai for saving his life, the time when an equally sleepless Haman arrived at the palace, Haman's misunderstanding of the King's request ... all leading to Haman's humiliation and Mordecai's honour.