To God be the Glory

Scripture: Acts 19:19-20
Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.

Observation:
Many people had seen the miracles that God performed through his servant Paul. They took some items that Paul had worn and used them to heal people and cast out evil spirits. The Jewish priest's sons decided to do the same thing and use Jesus name to cast out evil spirits from before the people. The evil spirits spoke to them, then attacked them and the men ran from the house wounded. The story got out to all the people and Jesus was glorified. Also the people who used magic brought their books and burned them in front of the people and confessed their deeds.

Application:
This shows that God is the one who deals with the devil and his demons, not man. We can not fight Satan and his demons. But if we fully rely on God, He will protect and fight for us. God should be glorified in everything we do, we should not seek after our own glory.

Prayer:
Dear Lord, help me to call on you in good times and bad. May you be glorified in every situation that I find myself involved in. In Jesus Name Amen.