Devotion – Luke 20

S – Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” 23 But detecting their craftiness, he said to them, 24 “Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” “Caesar’s,” they said. 

25 “Well then,” he told them, “give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 

 Luke 20:22–25 CSB

O – Commentary:  Jesus, pointing to the portrait and inscription of Caesar on a denarius coin (cf. 7:41; 10:35), answered in the affirmative: Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s. But He also used the occasion to teach that one should give to God the thing that bears His image—oneself (and to God what is God’s).

 “Luke,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures

A – This answer is the perfect answer – Jesus, full of and led by the Holy Spirit, gives an answer that affirms both Romans and Jews.  I find as I get older, I face more “right and right” questions – both answers are correct, but which is the better of the two?  I am asking the Holy Spirit to lead me to do what is best, not just what is right.

R – Lord, there are challenging situations each day.  Give me the ability to see all perspectives and follow the answer you provide.  It is not just being right.  It is seeing and doing it in a way that it resembles You.