The Church was praying for the deliverance of Peter and God seemed to be silent for a while but suddenly he intervened just in time before Herod could execute his heinous plan. Let not your heart be troubled when the answer to your prayer appears to be delayed. The just-in-time God never shows up late. You will notice from the account in our text that Peter slept on the night before the day Herod planned to kill him. 

Although Peter recognised the speaker as Lord and Master, yet his response was contradictory. By saying, 'not so, Lord', Peter appears to be saying that he knows better than the Lord. But a slave should obey his Lord without question. Or shouldn't a servant carry out his Master's command without argument? Whatever appears to be the foolishness of God is wiser than men.

Joseph, in Potiphar's house, refused to commit immorality with his master's wife. Daniel, in Babylon did not defile himself with the portion of the king's food and drink. These Hebrew children declared their stand and walked worthy of God, even in a foreign country. The unchanging standard of God's word demands that we endeavour to live right always and everywhere.

There is no day that passes under the sun without the Lord loading us with benefits. This understanding is needful so that we can live in constant expectation of these benefits and praise God accordingly as we take delivery of them. They that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. The Lord preserves our lives. He protects us, our properties and our possessions. He provides for us and gives us perfect peace.

Are you a Christian? Be a Christian in deed and always. Although you are in the world, you are not of the world. Walk as one who has received Christ and has therefore become the temple of God. Walk by faith and not by sight. Let the Word of God direct your steps so that sin will not have dominion over your life. Walk circumspectly and triumphantly as one who has overcome the world in Christ.