Every Scheming Has A Boomerang Effect

Esther 7:9 – Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “A pole reaching to a height of fifty cubits stands by Haman’s house. He had it set up for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.”

The king said, “Impale him on it!”

Esther 7:10 – So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided.

Scheming is making secret plans to do something wrong. Schemers wants to look good on the outside yet they have wrong secret plans. Scheming to steal while looking honest and trustworthy. Scheming to hurt someone while looking friendly.

Boomerang is derived from an object that is thrown but because of its curved design, it tends to come back to the one who threw. To boomerang is when something I throw away from me comes back to me. I throw it to hit someone else but it comes back and hits me who threw it.

Boomerang suggests that harm you wished for someone else comes back to harm you and not the other person. Scheming has a boomerang effect means you plan to hurt someone else but at the end you become a victim of your own plans. Instead of the other person getting hurt as you planned secretly, you get hurt. That is what it means to say scheming has a boomerang effect!

Our Bible text is a conclusion of an intriguing story. Haman worked very close to the king and could influence decisions. Haman hated Mordecai and all Jews. Haman secretly planned to get Mordecai hanged to death.

In his scheme against Mordecai, Haman even built a hanging facility at his own home. The hanging facility is also known as gallows or a hanging pole. He now had a scheme to convince the king to make a quick wrong decision to kill Mordecai by hanging.

The story goes on to tell us that as Haman was scheming, the king by what can only be divine intervention, remembered that Mordecai had saved his life. Mordecai had saved the king’s life!

When Haman walked to the king’s palace to lie to the king about Mordecai, the king was at that very moment thinking positive thoughts about Mordecai. The king ordered Haman to March around the city escorting Mordecai and shouting praises that Mordecai is the king’s favorite person. Haman did it and it hurt him so much. He went ahead after that and built a pole where he would get Mordecai hanged.

In Haman’s second scheme to kill Mordecai and all Jews, Esther intervened and pleaded with the king to save them from Haman. When the king learnt that Haman had schemed to kill Jews who included his wife Queen Esther, he go so furious. While in that rage, the king was informed that Haman had built a pole for hanging Mordecai. The king ordered that Haman is hanged immediately on the pole he had prepared to hang Mordecai. Haman was immediately hanged to death. Haman’s schemes against Mordecai boomeranged on him. Scheming has a boomerang effect!

What schemes do you have against anyone? Do you have a scheme to have one relative hated by other relatives? Do you have a scheme to cause school leaders to hate your classmate? Do you have a scheme to hurt someone’s business so that they get losses? This is the news for you all – scheming ultimately has a boomerang effect!

Do you have a scheme to tarnish someone’s name so that they don’t get a pay rise or higher rank or better treatment? Do you have a scheme to cheat your neighbor of what is rightfully theirs? Do you have a scheme to punish your spouse using children in future when they are old and vulnerable? This is the news for you all – scheming ultimately has a boomerang effect!

Any plans to bring down someone else, will bring the planner or his/her children down. This is because God supervises the world and determines what finally happens. God may seem to allow schemes to thrive but ultimately the schemer get the pain they planned for others. Scheming has a boomerang effect!

If someone hurts you, leave it to God, He will revenge on your behalf. Treat the person who hurt you well. God will ensure Justice is served. Don’t scheme against the person. Don’t secretly go around spreading wrong information about them. Scheming has a boomerang effect!

If you feel bad that someone else is excelling and not you, pray about it. Pray against that spirit. Pray for your own success. Pray that you don’t feel bad and also pray that God favors you in your own way. Do not scheme against the person. Scheming has a boomerang effect!

Dear God save us from schemes against us. Save us from schemers acting concerned and friendly. Save us from haters. Save us from jealousy and hatred that may cause us to scheme against others. Keep reminding us that scheming has a boomerang effect. In Jesus’s name, Amen!

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