No Praise for Me Please :) [Acts 14:12]

Act 14:12 And they started to call Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the main speaker.

Paul and Barnabas had just made their way from Iconium to a town called Lystra to preach the gospel (Acts 14:6-7). When they arrived there they found a man who was paralyzed from his waist down, unable to walk (Acts 14:8). After seeing the faith this man had in God's message, Paul declared to him in a loud voice that he had been healed (Acts 14:10). The response of the crowd is interesting. They did not begin to praise the God that Paul was preaching, instead they began to praise Paul and Barnabas (Acts 14:13). They were calling them Zeus and Hermes, the Greek gods (Acts 14:12). It would have been very easy for Paul and Barnabas at this point to take credit for the healing of the man. They could have claimed that it was by their power, instead they were disgusted by the crowds response (Acts 14:14). He explained to them that it was not by their power that these miracles were done, but by the power of the living God.

Believers need to give all credit to God for everything He is doing around and through us. Make sure people are aware that it is by the power of God we can do what we do and couldn't by any abilities of our own. Follow the example of Paul and Barnabas in this passage and defer the praise to God for all good things in your life.