We should give credit where credit is due. To use the work of another and pass it off as our own is unethical and often illegal. We probably understand this in terms of art or writing, or music. But do we give credit to God? In Acts 3, Peter and John healed a man who had been unable to walk since birth. The powerful miracle astounded the people, and they began gathering around the apostles. When Peter started to speak to the growing crowd, he said, “Men of Israel, why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?” Peter went on to teach that it was through Jesus that the great miracle occurred.
We do not have to be miracle workers to give credit to God. How often do we view our achievements and our abilities as something of our own power when we ought to give the glory and the thanks to the Lord?