National Play God Day

For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, 
and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.  (Genesis 3:5)

The people kept crying out, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"
And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory,
and he was eaten by worms and died.  (Acts 12:23-24)

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked.
A man reaps what he sows.
Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the
 flesh will reap destruction;
whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.  (Galations 6:7-8)

This is one of a few obscure holidays which gives cause for concern.  History is filled with people who thought they were God or tried to become God, and the results were always fatal both physically and spiritually.  Eve didn't die physically immediately upon eating the apple, but she died spiritually.  Herod was immediately struck down because of his in-your-face attitude toward God.  Humanity, since the beginning of time, has been striving for something it will never have or achieve.  There is only one God, the God of the Bible.  He calls us to a much better life this world can never offer, a life of obedience, joy, and ultimate fulfillment.  Take this obscure holiday and chunk it...you are gambling with your spiritual life if you don't.  God will not be mocked.  Instead of the current obscure holiday, I suggest National Give God the Glory Day.

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