Open The Mouth Of The First Fish You Catch, And You Will Find A Large Silver Coin

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Open The Mouth
Of The First Fish You Catch,
And You Will Find A Large Silver Coin 


           

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

Simon Peter was a fishermen before he became a Christ Follower and I can just imagine what Peter thought when he heard Jesus (son of a Carpenter) tell him to go do this!

I can picture his face when he caught that first fish and looked in that fish’s mouth and found that large silver coin just like Jesus said he would.

I bet Peter always looked in every fishes mouth after catching that one!

Here is one of the lessons for us from this story and I am sure that there are lots more that you could come up with: When I have a relationship with God through the Lord Jesus Christ and I put God first then He will provide for each and every one of my needs.
           

Application

God has a million; no, no, God has a thousand million ways to take care of my needs.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for taking care of me and I know that you will supply all my needs from Your glorious riches, which have been given to me in Christ Jesus. So I give all praise to You, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, You have blessed me with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because I am united with Christ. Philippians 4:19 & Ephesians 1:7 (Personalized)

Daily Bible Reading:  2 Samuel 6; 1 Chronicles 13; Psalm 68; Matthew 17

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