Thursday, August 21, 2008

Haughty Herod

"The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: He turneth it whithersoever He will" (Proverbs 21:1). "Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration... And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost" (Acts 12:21-23).

Herod loved to hear the praise
Of those who said he was a god.
But God would terminate his days
By worms which were His judgment rod.

Herod sat upon his throne
As if, as god, he called each shot.
But God thereafter made it known
That God was God, and he was not.

Herod never had a clue
That he would speak to his demise.
Apparently he never knew
The fear of God that makes one wise.

Herod in his haughtiness
Is not an odd, uncommon story.
How many like him won't confess
Or give to God His rightful glory!

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