John asks you to see, through Christ, what you really are, and to look forward to that day when you will see him as he really is. Because if you see his reality, you see things as they really are.

“Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” In that one, single sentence, as simple as it is profound, Jesus gives us the key to distinguishing church and state, to living as a citizen of two kingdoms.

The tension that filled the crowd as Jesus spoke was substantial. The church leaders that dotted the landscape weren’t used to being on this end of the rebuke.

They say you should, “strike while the iron is hot,” and “make hay while the sun shines.” So you get up before the crack of dawn.

Here we go again! Might that thought have flitted across your mind? Two weeks in a row now with another “foolish Peter” story.