Supernatural Tax Money

2 Kings 4:1-7 ‘The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?”“Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.”Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few. Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.”She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.” But he replied, “There is not a jar left.” Then the oil stopped flowing. She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”

Trust in God. Trust him with all your heart. Don’t look at your circumstances. No matter what the limitations of the world are, our God is mighty. Put your faith in him. He can deliver you from any situation.
The days of miracles are not over for the miracle worker is still alive. 

Matthew 17:24-27 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” “Yes, he does,” he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?” “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”

There was a house in Capernaum where Jesus regularly stayed and used for his ministry. Many people claim this was Peter’s house. 

From the verses above we can understand that as we are children of God, we do not have to pay the taxes. We are the children of the Most High! But he also continued saying that we should not cause offence. Hence we need to pay.

God does an amazing miracle here. The money to be paid as tax was found in the mouth of the fish. Hallelujah!

How did that happen? The tax money for both Jesus and Peter was simply in the mouth of the fish. How the money came to be in the mouth of the fish is not understood. All we know is that God did a miracle. When there was a need God opened a door. And it is beyond human understanding.

Dr. Damien Antony
Born and brought up in a Christian family, Dr. Damien Antony possessed an unquenching quest for truth right from his boyhood days and eventually his relentless search led him to the Bible. He is a Revival Preacher, Bible Teacher, Leadership Trainer, Author and a Life Coach. He moves under the anointing for Prophetic, Healing, Deliverance, Inner Healing and Financial Breakthrough. God has also blessed him with an Apostolic Mandate to take the Universal Body of Christ to the next level of revelation and anointing.