Esther duly sought to see the king and the king acted favourably towards her. Now notice that she had no way of knowing how the king would react. When God leads us to do something there will be all sorts of things that "could go wrong", but God will have taken care of various things, and there is no way we can know that He has until we take the steps of faith.
Esther approaches the issue in a roundabout way. The direct approach is not always the best. So she plans to hold a banquet for Haman and the king. In fact she goes about it in a very indirect way. At the first banquet she invites them to come to a second banquet. Note that she does this only after they have drunk some wine, and she is seeking to intrigue them into coming.
Haman thought everything was going well. He was still incensed at Mordecai. Haman was full of himself and was boasting to his family of the favour he had been shown. His family encouraged him in this, and to take steps to deal with Mordecai. The enemy will often be full of pride and boast of his plans to do us harm. We should not fear and should not listen, it is God who determines the outcome.
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