Luke 20

20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:

22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?

23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.

This scripture is routinely used for justification for the separation of church and state, justification for taxes and also routinely used as justification for worldly Christians focusing on the world instead of the Lord.

The Lord asked me to bring you a question today:

What image do you bare? 

In the text, Jesus says that whatever image is placed upon an object should be rendered unto the owner.

What image resonates from your soul?

In Genesis 1:26-27, we are made in the image and likeness of God.  In Genesis 3 however that image is tarnished by the willful actions of Adam.  Like Adam, our image is tarnished and reshaped into the image of the world thru our decisions and indecisions.  Decisions of rebellion and sin echo throughout humanity.

Thru Christ we have the opportunity to reshape our image into that of God.  We reshape our image into one that reflects Christ with our decisions to love, serve, give, pray, suffer, sacrifice and most of all obey, on a day to day basis. Remember, according to Jesus, the image that you bare will determine who you are given to(or rendered to) in the last day.

What image do you bare?