Chase and Nicole McKeown are both police officers in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. They have been married for six months.
Last Saturday, they were on a date night at Raising Cane’s
when a man entered the restaurant in a mask. “I think we kind of both saw
him at the same time,” Nicole said during a news conference later.
They saw the man walk up to the counter, then the employee put
their hands up. They realized what was happening, drew their weapons, and
chased the suspect out of the restaurant. They pursued him a few blocks away
from the restaurant and held him at gunpoint until the Louisville Metro Police
arrived and arrested him.
A deputy with the LMPD’s robbery unit said, “It is my
belief that if not for the heroic actions of these two officers the
perpetrator’s actions inside the business would have escalated. They acted
honorably and heroically.”
Nicole’s response was humbler: “When it comes to people’s lives in danger, any other officer would have done the same thing.”
Two lessons follow.
The accountability of divine omniscience
One: Police officers deserve our support, intercession, and gratitude for their holistic commitment to their duty and our safety.
Every police officer I have known would have done what the
McKeowns did. They consider their vocation to be a true calling and risk
themselves, whether on duty or not, to protect those they serve. We should pray
daily and gratefully for their safety (1 Timothy 2:1–2) and seek other ways to
express our support.
Two: The Judge of the universe sees what we do not.
Scripture warns us: “Be sure your sin will find you
out” (Numbers 32:23). Whether humans know of our sins or not, God does. We
do well to remember every day that “we must all appear before the judgment
seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done
in the body, whether good or evil” (2 Corinthians 5:10). Good will be
rewarded; sin will lead to a…
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