He
Tried
To
Get A Look At Jesus,
But
He Was Too Short To See Over The Crowd.
Scripture
Luke
19
1 Jesus entered
Jericho and made his way through the town. 2 There was a
man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the
region, and he had become very rich. 3 He tried to get a
look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd.
4 So
he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for
Jesus was going to pass that way.
5 When Jesus
came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by
name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I
must be a guest in your home today.”
6 Zacchaeus
quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement
and joy. 7 But the people were displeased. “He has gone
to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.
8 Meanwhile,
Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half my
wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their
taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”
9 Jesus
responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this
man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham. 10 For
the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”
Observation
How
many of you remember this song?
Zacchaeus
was a wee little man and a wee little man was he. He climbed up in a
sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see. And as the Savior passed
that way He looked up in that tree, and He said, “Zacchaeus, you
come down! For I’m going to your house today. For I’m going to
your house to stay."
Zacchaeus
was not just your regular-everyday- run-of-the-mill sinner, oh no,
this guy was a notorious sinner, he was a bad dude! He was a little
guy, but a big sinner!
From
out of the crowd of people that day, it was little Zacchaeus who was
up in that sycamore tree who caught Jesus' attention!
Maybe
Jesus has His eye on you! Salvation can come to your house too!
Jesus
came to seek and save the lost. Have you, like Zacchaeus did that
day, placed your faith and trust in Jesus as your personal Lord and
Savior?
Pray
and surrender your life to Christ right now!
And
when you make that commitment to the Lord go tell somebody!
Application
I
will share about Jesus with everyone I can.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I know that the story about Zacchaeus' encounter with Jesus
is in the Bible for a reason. It is to let us know that no one is so
bad that they can't be saved. I know that salvation doesn't depend on
the good things that we have done. I don't deserve salvation but I
know that I am forgiven. You saved me. I pray for someone that reads
this blog that hasn't yet surrendered his or her life to You. I pray
that You will open up their spiritual eyes so that they can see and
so that they can be saved.
Daily
Bible Reading: Esther 9,10; Luke 19
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