What if … you wanted to see Jesus (what would you do to get a glimpse)?
What if … Jesus said I’m coming to your house (what would you have to prepare/clean)?
What if … you wanted to atone for your sin (what would you need to repay & to whom)?
I wonder if Zacchaeus would have prayed the words of Psalm 32? “Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Happy are those to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.” Once Jesus called him down from the tree and said I’m coming home with you, Zacchaeus’s life would never be the same.
Do we believe a Zacchaeus kind of repentance is still possible?
In your life? In my life? In the life of someone you are praying for or struggling with?
Luke 19:1-10
19:1 He entered Jericho and was passing through it.
19:2 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.
19:3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature.
19:4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way.
19:5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.”
19:6 So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him.
19:7 All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.”
19:8 Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.”
19:9 Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham.
19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”
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