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HEARTLIGHT DAILY VERSE
(formerly Today's Verse)
by Phil Ware
October 23, 2004
This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's
servants, who give their full time to governing. Give everyone
what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue,
then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
--Romans 13:6
New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Ouch! I hate taxes. But I have to admit, I enjoy many of
the privileges and blessings that those taxes afford. Paul
keeps reminding us in Romans 13 that civil authorities are
God's tools to hold back anarchy, chaos, and lawlessness. As a
Christian, I'm immune to most laws because my faith in Jesus is
going to regulate my behavior far more strictly than a legal
code. But I do have a responsibility (I owe it, Paul says) to
be a good citizen, a good financial manager, a nice respectful
neighbor, and a person who willingly honors those who have
merited it.
MY PRAYER...
Almighty God, I pledge allegiance to you. You alone are
Sovereign, Ruler, and King. But because you call me to honor
my government, because you have so richly blessed me to be in a
land such as this, because you have lavished your grace on me
so richly, I will live today in a way that honors my allegiance
to you, my citizenship in my country, and my respect toward
those whom I meet this day. In Jesus I pray. Amen.
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