Devotionary

Many of the stories found in the Book of Acts are fantastic in nature. They involve supernatural events and the divine intervention of God in the everyday affairs of men. Then, there are stories that are somewhat humorous in nature. They provide us with reminders that all of these events were taking place among flesh-and-blood human beings, just like us. Sometimes the people involved failed to see the hand of God and ended up drawing some rather interesting conclusions. When the crowds had heard the disciples speaking in tongues on the day of Pentecost, they wrote it off as nothing more than a case of public intoxication – en masse. In today’s episode, found in Acts 12:12-25, we have yet another comedic take on the affairs of the disciples. It involves Peter, and immediately follows his miraculous release from prison by God. He ends up at the home of Mary, but is denied entrance, because the disciples gathered inside, ostensibly praying for his release, refuse to believe it’s really him. They leave poor Peter