April 20, 2020

Failing to Give Praise to God


Last week during a press conference New York Governor Andrew Cuomo boasted about how much New York had done to curb the spread of COVID-19. Cuomo said, “The number is down because we brought the number down. God did not do that. Faith did not do that. Destiny did not do that. A lot of pain and suffering did that, that’s how it works. It’s math.” Cuomo’s jarring statement reminded me of Herod. “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. But the word of God continued to increase and spread” (Acts 12:21-24 NIV).


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