The Silver Coin in the Mouth of a Fish. Never Underestimate God

So, the temple taxmen come for Jesus and Peter. And Jesus, who repeatedly referred to his powerful body as God’s temple on earth, decides to pay anyway, to avoid a scandal over something trivial--for him. And so, he instructs Peter, a professional fisherman with boats, and massive nets, to catch a fish with a line and hook, tool of the amateur fisherman, and  look inside its mouth! And Peter swallows his pride, fishes like a weekend hobbyist, and finds a four-drachma coin, the exact silver needed for his tax, and Jesus’s.

One should never underestimate God’s wonder-working power, or his miraculous   provisions, and surprising strategies to create wealth. Prayer for God’s miracles should increasing become our first resort!!

However, sometimes, as Tim Keller wrote, God allows us to fail, as when Peter fished hard all night and caught nothing---to teach us and prepare us through the failure, so that eventually, we may become fisher of humans, if that is our call, or, if we’re entrepreneurial types, perhaps even fishers of money. 

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• 6:04 Scripture meditation on Matthew 17:24-27 commences