"The Inscription Of Your Life"

   So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power and the authority of the governor.
   And they asked Him, saying, "Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show personal favoritism, but teach the way of God truly:
   "Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"
   But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you test Me?"
   "Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?" They answered and said, "Caesar's."
   And He said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." Luke 20:20-25

So, today's quick thought ...Did you notice how this really famous Jesus quote started with them watching and spying and pretending to be righteous. They (the religious leaders) were watching and spying on Him, trying to get something on Him. The question they came up with came on the heals of this declaration, "Teacher, we know that You say and teach rightly, and You do not show personal favoritism, but teach the way of God truly:"  In all their spying and watching these are the things they knew about Him. He always spoke the truth. He didn't show partiality or favoritism. They knew this to be true from personal experience when He would not give them or their status a pass while 'teaching the way of God truly.' With all their watching and spying on His every move and His every word the best they could come up with was a declaration about His character and a question they hoped, might, maybe trip Him up.

The question: "Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

Jesus' famous quote: "Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?" They answered and said, "Caesar's."

   And He said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." 

He asks for the coin and then asked a question back. "Whose image and inscription does it have?"  And then ... only after they responded did He respond with His famous quote, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." 

This response, was Jesus doing exactly what they had declared about Him.  This was Jesus declaring the way of God and speaking the truth of God without favoritism. And here is the thing ... what if ... what if we considered His question about the coin and asked it of ourselves, "Whose image, whose inscription, is on our lives?" What do the people who are watching the words and actions of our life have to say about us? If asked, What would they answer to the question, "To whom do you belong? Whose image and inscription best represents the actions and words you speak?" Will their response be, "They Belong to God." 

Is the inscription of your life "... that You say and teach rightly, and that you don't show personal favoritism, but instead only teach the way of God truly." Can it be said that your life has been and is totally rendered unto God?