Zacchaeus, You Come Down
Have you ever been thirsty or hungry or tired and not know it? I have. There have been times when I would be busy doing something. I would forget to take time to eat, drink, or rest. But then I would hit a wall. I would realize that I could not keep going one more minute because I had a need. I needed food or water or rest. When I would take a drink of cool water it would rejuvenate my whole body. It would make me wonder why it took me so long to realize that I had a need.
Zacchaeus was a man with a need. He had been so busy becoming a rich man. He did not realize how poor and tired he really was. He was also hungry. One day he heard a crowd coming, and asked, “What is going on.?” Someone said,” Jesus is coming.” So, Zacchaeus climbed a tree to see who Jesus was. When Jesus saw him in the tree He said,” Zacchaeus, come on down I am going to your house today.” That day Zaccheaus found that Jesus met a need he did not know he had.
I know that many of you today are spiritually thirsty, hungry, and tired. You have been so busy trying to live life that you have neglected to care for your soul. Now, you are out on a limb and have a need you can’t fill.
Jesus is the Son of Man who came to seek and save the lost. He is looking up at you on your limb. He says, “Come on down. I want to go to your house today.” If you will receive Him, He will bring salvation to your house. Then you can quench your thirst with His living water. You can satisfy your hunger with the Bread of Life. Finally, rest your weary head on His gentle shoulder.
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“Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.
And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”
Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Luke 19:1-10 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/luk.19.1-10.NKJV
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
email-douglas@pavementendsministry.com
