Customs officials at Israel’s ports of entry have seen all kinds of
attempts and heard all kinds of excuses from passengers trying to sneak
by without paying taxes on their purchases. . . But this week
they were left stunned when a young girl asked if she could please pay
her taxes on an article she had managed to get past the authorities a
week earlier.
The young girl had returned from a trip to India . . . without declaring a brand new
Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone she had purchased. After a few days she
began to feel sorry that she had not declared the item, and decided
contact customs officials.
“I could hear total amazement in the voice of the customs official on
the telephone when I called,” she said.
The local official transferred her call to the chief customs officer,
Yigal Malka, who was deeply moved by the young girl’s regret. . . “It is an extremely rare occurrence for someone to come
back and pay the customs like this,” said Malka, who decided to forgive
the girl’s debt . . . about 500 shekels.
“I am just beginning my university studies, and every shekel is really
important to me,” the girl explained, “but I am a Messianic Jew and knew
that it is not God’s will to secretly avoid my taxes – so I decided to
make things right.”
To her further surprise, customs officials contacted the mainstream
Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot. They wanted others to hear something
about “the good side of the Israeli people,” they said. The young
Messianic girl agreed to be interviewed by the newspaper with the
understanding that it was an opportunity to glorify God and emphasize
that her behavior stemmed from the fact that she is a Jewish believer in Yeshua (Jesus).
"Thanks be to God,
who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your
labor is not in vain in the Lord." 1 Corinthians
15:57-58
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