MAT 22:17-21 ESV
Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin for the tax." And they brought him a denarius. And Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
Of course, everything belongs to God, and He has specifically requested honoring Him by cheerfully giving more than 10% of our income. My parents taught me to be disciplined in tithing and giving when I was a kid working on the farm.
My parents also taught me how to file my taxes, even before I was actually legally obligated to file.
I am so thankful to my parents for training me to be disciplined in honoring God through tithing and honoring the authority of the government (which God has set up) through paying my taxes. I am also very grateful that God blessed me with a wife who is like minded in disciplined and faithful stewardship. I think my life would be very different had my parents not taught me or if my wife was not in agreement.
Heavenly Father, thank you for giving me parents who loved me by teaching me spiritual disciplines of stewardship. Thank you for my wife who is a co-laborer in Christ. Lord, thank you for the blessing of walking in your way, even in the details of financial management. I love you, and I want to continue honoring you in godly financial stewardship. I pray in the name of Jesus.
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