Daily Worship

Zacchaeus’ response

October 12, 2012 0 0

Luke 19:1-10

​Jesus went on into Jericho and was passing through. There was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was a little man and could not see Jesus because of the crowd. So he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, who was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to Zacchaeus, “Hurry down, Zacchaeus, because I must stay in your house today.”

Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed him with great joy. All the people who saw it started grumbling, “This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!”

Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Listen, sir! I will give half my belongings to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times as much.”

Jesus said to him, “Salvation has come to this house today, for this man, also, is a descendant of Abraham. The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

​God calls people at various times to different tasks. Our response depends on many things: personal circumstances, personality, our sense of self and our readiness to be disturbed in our settled ways. Throughout this week we will follow people in the Bible whom God called. Their response may encourage us to revisit our own promise to God.

Honest God, to you no aspect of my life is hidden. 

As I remember the times I am least proud of, help me to make amends, where possible, and forgive any harm I may have caused.

 

 

written by Rolf Billes