June 18, 2019
Luke 20:19-26 (GNT)
https://www.biblestudytools.com/gnt/luke/passage/?q=luke+20:19-26
Reflection:
God’s love is amazing…
As often as human beings may try to find a loophole in Jesus’ proclamation of the Good News of God’s love….there’s no way the truth and power of God’s love can be tricked into being something other than God’s radical love for all of humanity…even the so-called enemies… and those who spy on Him seeking to corrupt his message of love in the world…
Spying on Jesus?
Really?
What was he doing that was so awful?
Loving those on the margins…
Loving and caring and feeding the poor…
Loving and caring for the lonely…
Loving and caring and healing the sick…
Loving and caring for the outcasts…
Loving and caring for all God’s people…
Did they hear him telling people not to pay their taxes or pay their bills?
Of course not…And he saw right through the spies intention to trap him and trick him…
These spies said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that what you say and teach is right. We know that you pay no attention to anyone's status, but teach the truth about God's will for people. Tell us, is it against our Law for us to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor, or not?”
But Jesus saw through their trick and said to them, “Show me a silver coin. Whose face and name are these on it?”
“The Emperor's,” they answered.
So Jesus said, “Well, then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and pay to God what belongs to God.”
The message is clear…God is love…and His love is amazing…nothing can keep that truth from being proclaimed…
Go ahead and be a spy today…but be on the lookout for all the ways you see God’s love at work in the people around you…