21Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. 22When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.
The king said to the girl, "Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you." 23And he promised her with an oath, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."
24She went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?"
"The head of John the Baptist," she answered.
25At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter."
26The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. 27So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, 28and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. 29On hearing of this, John's disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Daily QT: 08/21/2007 Mark 6:21-29
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Ironic that even a king is victim to his own vanity and the regard of others. Because Herod wanted to show off to his friends, he made a rash promise. And because he was afraid of losing face in front of others, he did what he knew was wrong. The power of peer pressure. The power of wanting to be accepted and revered by others. It causes us to do things we know are wrong and will regret.
We must put God first in our lives - before the opinions of others. Through God we can hope to become wiser. By following the masses or our own desires, we become more foolish.
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