"On an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal apparel, took his seat on the rostrum and began delivering an address to them. The people kept crying out, 'The voice of a god and not of a man!'" (Acts 12:21-22). Why do we choose to put our hope in people who look nice on the outside but in real life publicly destroy those who tar their image (Acts 12:19), people who do extraordinary deeds in front of the TV camera, but in real life can't even defeat a worm (Acts 12:23)? How much better to put our hope in the God who gives us hope in the face of death (Acts 12:2), freedom from our chains (Acts 12:7), and who is not limited or angered to act on our behalf in spite of our tiny faith (Acts 12:15-16). "Thus says the LORD, “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD. For he will be like a bush in the desert and will not see when prosperity comes, but will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, a land of salt without inhabitant. Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD and whose trust is the LORD. For he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, and it will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit"
(Jer 17:5-8).
(Jer 17:5-8).
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