Acts 12-13

In this passage is another "Old Testament"-style death. Zoom in on verses 21-23:

"On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. They shouted, “This is the voice 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."

Brutal. How fast can worms eat someone? o.O

But that is what we deserve when we worship anything other than God, the creator of all, the one who is in control of all, the one who is good and just, the one who deserves all praise.

When I read this I thought of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the golden statue in the book of Daniel.In Daniel there is this back and forth between Nebuchadnezzar worshiping idols and praising God until he becomes like a wild animal, eating the grass like cattle because he became proud in his own accomplishments and possessions saying "Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?"

His hair grew and he lived like an animal until he finally acknowledged God as sovereign and worthy.

Dan 4:37 "Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble."

God is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Let us seek humility before our great Father each day so that these things may not happen to us.