Life is a complex phenomenon. It is governed by laws and principles that are not easily configured on a personal capacity. Many variables and regular forces interface to produce results. As an upshot, one plus one may not readily yield the expected result. You can see an exceptional hardworking person ending up a failure. A compound nonentity by happenstance will be seen at the top. Jeremiah told his audience, *"it is not within the power of man to map his life and plan his course"* (Jeremiah 10:23, LB). He also says in the previous chapter, *"Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom, nor the valiant of his valour; Let not the rich man boast of his riches, but if any man would boast, let him boast of this, that he understands and knows Me"* (Jeremiah 9:23,NEB).
In our text, Herod overstretched his splendour, and forgot he waa but a mortal, a small angel reminded him, and he dropped dead and was finished off by worms. Then the word of God increased at the point he ended. This reminds me of an experience i had in 1970's when i traveled home to my home town, Asaga ohafia, on a holiday. There was a crusade at the civic center, the speaker was Brother Tony Ewelike, as he then was an interpreter for Bro Uma Ukpai, as he then was called. As i was about entering our house, I heard a young man making jest of the crusaders, as noisemakers and never-do-wells. He said, if he was given one week, he would produce a better book than the Bible which they were making noise about. I was Life is a complex phenomenon. It is governed by laws and principles that are not easily configured on a personal capacity. Many variables and regular forces interface to produce results. As an upshot, one plus one may not readily yield the expected result. You can see an exceptional hardworking person ending up a failure. A compound nonentity by happenstance will be seen at the top. Jeremiah told his audience, *"it is not within the power of man to map his life and plan his course"* (Jeremiah 10:23, LB). He also says in the previous chapter, *"Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom, nor the valiant of his valour; Let not the rich man boast of his riches, but if any man would boast, let him boast of this, that he understands and knows Me"* (Jeremiah 9:23,NEB).
In our text, Herod overstretched his splendour, and forgot he waa but a mortal, a small angel reminded him, and he dropped dead and was finished off by worms. Then the word of God increased at the point he ended. This reminds me of an experience i had in 1970's when i traveled home to my home town, Asaga ohafia, on a holiday. There was a crusade at the civic center, the speaker was Brother Tony Ewelike, as he then was an interpreter for Bro Uma Ukpai, as he then was called. As i was about entering our house, I heard a young man making jest of the crusaders, as noisemakers and never-do-wells. He said, if he was given one week, he would produce a better book than the Bible which they were making noise about. I was
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