Open
The Mouth Of The First Fish You Catch,
And
You Will Find A Large Silver Coin.
Take
It And Pay The Tax For Both Of Us.
Scripture
Matthew
17
24 On
their arrival in Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to
Peter and asked him, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the Temple tax?”
25 “Yes,
he does,” Peter replied. Then he went into the house.
But
before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, “What do you
think, Peter? Do kings tax their own people or the people they have
conquered?”
26 “They
tax the people they have conquered,” Peter replied.
“Well,
then,” Jesus said, “the citizens are free!
27 However,
we don’t want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in a
line. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you will find a
large silver coin. Take it and pay the tax for both of us.”
Observation
I
don't know about you but I love to hear my friends “fish stories”.
Friends like Mike Renner, Orville Renner, Bobby Baker, and Hugh
Roberts (just to name a few) love to tell their fish stories.
Some
of the most interesting stories are about the ones that are able to
get away! It is amazing how much bigger those fish tend to get every
time the story is retold!
Well
my friends might be able to tell some really good fish stories but
none of them can top the fish story that fisherman Simon Peter would
be able to tell about catching the fish with the large coin in its
mouth.
So
what is my take away from this fish story?
For
me it is this:
God
has millions and millions of ways to meet Eddy's needs. And just like
Simon Peter all I need to do is to be obedient to what He tells me to
do every single day.
Jesus
could have just produced the coin and handed it to Simon Peter, but
He didn't do that. No, He required obedience. And He requires the
same thing from me today!
Matthew
6:33
33 Seek
the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will
give you everything you need.
Application
I
will listen to the Lord today and I will strive to walk in obedience.
How
about you? What is the Lord telling you to do today?
Exodus
20:6
6
But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who
love me and obey my
commands.
Joshua
1:7-8
7
Be strong and
very courageous. Be careful to obey all
the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning
either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in
everything you do.
8
Study this
Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you
will be sure to obey everything
written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I pray that You bless those men that I mentioned in this
blog. Bless their family's too. Each one of them has had an impact on
my life. You brought them into my life to make me a better person.
And I could have added many more men to the list. Help me to walk in
obedience today. As I struggle with my emotions and with my thoughts
I pray that through it all I would be pleasing to You.
I have to
admit that I am very tired of all of this “sheltering in” and I
am more than ready to get back to something closer to what I consider
“normal”. I pray and I ask You to stop this plague. Help us to
learn the lessons from this experience so it will end. You are
All-Powerful. Nothing is too hard for You!
Daily
Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 6; 1 Chronicles 13; Psalm 68; Matthew 17
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