We all get made fun of or stuff said about us.
Some people will say this to our face and some behind our
backs.
Some is good, some isn’t.
We have an image we keep and that we believe we are.
Sometimes who we say we are and what we do are two different
things.
Sometimes I can be full of myself and we can be full of ourselves.
Herod in Acts 12 was kind of like this.
Listen to what people said after he gave a speech and what
happened after words in Acts 12:22-23…
“They shouted, “This is the choice of a god, not of a man.” Immediately, because Herod did not give
praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms
and died.”
Weak.
Now the term eaten by worms is not a literal term, worms did
not just come out of nowhere and eat him, but it’s a term where he immediately started
to have stomach problems and died soon after.
Herod believed in God, because he did not give credit to him
an angel struck him down.
We loved to be praised; sometimes the praise we receive isn’t
our own doing.
It’s like when we take credit for someone else’s work.
It’s ok to give thanks and accept praise, but at times it’s
not our own doing and someone else’s that we are getting praise for.
What do you get and give praise for?
This scripture really hit home with the stomach pains I have
been having for the past several years and a really bad past month for me.
God deserves so much blessing.
While I am still sick and will be on some more medicine, one
of the health concerns I got diagnosed as having a month ago is now gone.
I still have a bad bacterial infection that reminds me of
something that Herod must have caught.
Not that I am overly comparing us, but I know what stomach
pains are like.
It makes me thank God for the good he has put in my life and
praise him for being over everything.
Even when sick, having God in my life has been such a
blessing.
I praise God even through my sickness.
I realize I need to do a better job of giving credit when
credit is due.
Today I am going to try to lift people up and give credit
where credit is due.
What about you?
Have a great day.
