Good morning. And so when the servant girl said that Peter was at the door, everyone said, thank God our prayers have been answered - Peter is here! Wrong. They told her, you are out of your mind! Even though she kept insisting that it was so, they kept saying, it is his angel. But Peter kept on knocking. When they opened the door, they saw him and were amazed. Why were they amazed? After all they had been praying for his release. Sadly that is the way too many Christians are today. We pray for something, but we don’t really believe it’s going to happen. Then Peter told them what had happened and left. When daylight came, everyone at the prison was discombobulated (always wanted to use that word legitimately in a sentence). King Herod interrogated the guards and said tough beans old man. No, he had them executed. He was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They were afraid because their country was fed by the king’s country. As he was giving a speech, the people began flattering him – the voice of a god and not of a man! And he said, aw shucks, I’m just a man - not. And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died. Yucky! My Bible says that he was seized with violent pains, carried out, and died five days later. Remember that Barnabas and Saul had gone to Jerusalem. They returned from Jerusalem (to Antioch) when they had fulfilled their mission, taking along with them John, who was also called Mark (it was his mother’s house where Peter went). Father even though we do not see justice being brought against evil doers immediately, we should know that it will happen in Your timing. Bring justice quickly to the reader and his/her family.

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