Mordecai discovered a plot to kill King Ahasuerus/Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia (Esther 2). He informed Queen Esther (who was his uncle's daughter), who informed King Ahasuerus, and the would-be assassins, Bigthana and Teresh, were brought to justice and hanged.
Then Mordecai's good deed was forgotten, but not forever.
Meanwhile Mordecai kept on doing good. He also didn't swell up with a superior-than-others attitude or shrink into self-pity because he was not receiving the recognition due him.
God is just. The Apostle Paul writes in 1 Timothy 5:25 Amplified Bible, "So also, good deeds are evident and conspicuous, and even when they are not, they cannot remain hidden [indefinitely]." Mordecai's good deed had been written down in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia. One night King Ahasuerus couldn't sleep (Esther 6). So he got up and read the book and was reminded about Mordecai's good deed. Later he honored Mordecai.
Mordecai was a man of God. "When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him" (Proverbs 16:7 Amplified Bible).
King Ahaserus made Mordecai's enemy, Haman, to honor Mordecai for reporting the king's would-be assassins to the authorities in the splashy way that Haman thought he should be honored.
Maybe you are putting more effort into a relationship than you are receiving? Don't worry if you are doing good, but honor doesn't seem to be coming to you. Mordecai protected his king, his queen, his nation and his family through the reporting of the would-be assassins of the king and other good deeds. God knew how to please and honor Mordecai in the perfect timing and way for Mordecai's good deeds. Mordecai also became manager of Haman's estate and a leading ruler of the empire. Likewise in God's perfect timing and way He knows how to please and to honor you.
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