What Is Standing In Your House?

Haman had position, influence, wealth, and access to the king—but one man who refused to bow became all he could see.

Mordecai’s refusal consumed him. Eventually, Haman’s bitterness followed him home, entered his conversations, influenced his family, and resulted in something being built: a massive gallows intended for Mordecai.

Scripture records a striking detail: it “standeth in the house of Haman.” What we allow to stand in our homes matters.

Bitterness, resentment, jealousy, competition, and offense rarely remain private emotions. Left unchecked, they begin building something. They influence our conversations, shape our attitudes, and affect those around us. Strong churches are built from strong families, and strong families require us to occasionally examine what we have allowed to remain standing.

Haman had almost everything, yet he surrendered his ability to enjoy it because of one person. We cannot give someone else that kind of control over our lives. Instead of resenting what God is doing for someone else, we should be able to celebrate it. Instead of rehearsing offenses around the kitchen table, we can choose to make our homes places where faith, favour, prayer, and encouragement stand.

And then comes the incredible reversal: the gallows Haman constructed for Mordecai ultimately became the instrument of his own destruction. What had been carefully designed against Mordecai was completely turned around.

God still knows how to turn things around.

The enemy does not get the final word over your family, your future, or the Church. What appears to be working against you can become part of what God uses for you.

His providence may not always be obvious in the moment—as Esther reminds us, sometimes God seems hidden in the details—but looking back reveals that He was there all along.

Ezra 6 takes the message even further. God’s people had stopped building His house because a decree told them to stop. Years later, God stirred them to build again. When opposition arose, another decree was issued—not only allowing the work to continue but commanding that resources be provided to complete it. What tried to stop the work ended up funding it.

When the King has spoken, we do not have permission to rewrite His word because circumstances become difficult. We cannot settle for partial obedience or reduce the promise to something that feels more achievable.

If God said it, keep building.

If God promised it, keep believing.

If God called you, keep going.

Take a look around your house. Tear down anything that does not belong there, and hold tightly to everything God has spoken.

The King still has the final say—and He still knows how to turn it around.

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Recap of message by Pastor DR Mckillop