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Choose Your Battles

Hook: Can you think of time when you engaged in a conflict and later wished you had abstained?

Book: Since Jesus was God’s Son, He should be exempt from paying the temple tax, but He did so to prevent it from becoming an issue. The opposition was so desperate for a charge to pin on Jesus that they would later falsely accuse Him before Pilate of teaching against paying taxes. The Lord’s compliance kept the focus on the real issue—their failure to accept the One the Father had sent. Their refusal to believe revealed itself in questions like this on taxes.

When people raise senseless concerns with you, always look for the real issue lingering in the background. Choose your battles wisely.

Took: What conflict are you struggling with today? What do you think are the real issues in the background?