Our good Lord and Savior told us that as the world hated and persecuted Him it would hate and persecute us. Shortly after those whose job it was to protect Him killed Him. There seems to be no little irony in the correspondence between the Easter holiday, and the Federal holiday, Tax Day. There is very little humor. While we prepare to sit and ponder the great gift of God in salvation, we must also ponder the great gift we are to volunarily calculate and donate to the gods of the land. While Uncle Sam probes our pockets, we will sit together and drink of something he can never touch. Eternal life. We can give to Ceasar what is dubiously called his, but he can never touch what our Lord calls His own. One day, perhaps a day you and I may not see, even Uncle Sam will bend his strong arm in adoration and service to the King of kings, presidents, and executioners in suits and ties. Until then we give him a clear example of how it is to be done. We remain faithful to the Lord of the faithful.
For kingship belongs to the LORD, and He rules over the nations.
