Record Matters
Esther 5, 6      
 

In every man’s life there is a book of record that is being kept on a regular basis. The record that is being kept is relevant and it does not matter if it is of good or bad. The bottom line is that every man does have a book of remembrance and there is no exception. The Keeper of every man’s record of deeds never sleeps nor slumbers. The Keeper never fails nor misses any account to be documented. Unto those that do well, the Keeper records good and for those that do evil, the record of bad is kept on their behalf. Under heaven nothing can be hidden before the record keeper. As a result, it is left for every man to be conscious of the kind of deeds that are being recorded on their behalf. In regards to record keeping, just as it is in the spirit, so it is in the physical. Once in the days of Esther, Mordecai, an uncle to Esther, was faced by insurmountable challenges when Haman, the right hand man of King Ahasuerus and a man who was above all the princes, insisted on bringing Mordecai down. Mordecai’s problem began when he refused to bow for Haman. “And all the king’s servants who were within the king’s gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow or pay homage.” (Esther 3:2) As a result of Mordecai’s action, Harman went all out to get rid of Mordecai and all the Jews. At the juncture where there was no way of escape for Mordecai not to fall into the destructive plan of Haman, King Ahasuerus lost his sleep. Esther 6:1-3, “That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 3 Then the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” And the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”” The record on behalf of Mordecai spoke favor and deliverance before the king. Mordecai gained promotion and he escaped the death plan of Haman for his life. Let the fear of God dominate your life. Keeping and maintaining good record does have its way of deliverance from the hands of the wicked because record keeping is not outside of God. “Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the LORD And who meditate on His name.” (Malachi 3:16) A book of remembrance is opened on your behalf but the documentation of it will either make or break you.

Prayer for today: Have mercy Lord and deliver me from every act of bad record.