# 632 - Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 12:14b “Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? "Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test Me? Bring Me a denarius that I may see it." So they brought it. And He said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?" They said to Him, "Caesar's." And Jesus answered and said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they marveled at Him.”
Why do we pay taxes? Because Jesus said so. Not only here, but also in Rom 13:6a, “For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God.”
Do you really understand what is being said here? Civil government is a minister of God. Whether elected, or appointed, civil authorities are nothing but pawns in the hand of God. Pr 8:16 says, “ By me princes rule, and nobles, All the judges of the earth.” and in Pr 21:1, we read, “The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.”
No king, no emperor, no congress, no parliament on earth can levy a dime of tax on you or I without God's permission. God has allowed His ministers to tax us, therefore to render unto Caesar is in reality to render unto God.
To get overly uptight about those in authority is to get overly uptight about God.
Father help me to remember that Your throne oversees all thrones.
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