Song # 1205.1 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. We read in Luke in chapter 19 about Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector. He was a rather short man and couldn’t see Jesus approaching because of the surrounding crowd.
Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through (Luke 19:1). A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy (Luke 19:2). He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd (Luke 19:3). So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Him, since Jesus was coming that way (Luke 19:4). When Jesus reached the spot, He looked up and said to him “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today” (Luke 19:5). So he came down at once and welcomed Him gladly (Luke 19:6). All the people saw this and began to mutter “He has gone to be the guest of a ‘sinner’” (Luke 19:7). But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount” (Luke 19:8). Jesus said to him “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham” (Luke 19:9). “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost” (Luke 19:10).
Thought for today: Jesus knows the way to heaven, so follow Him for eternity.
Thought for the future: the Lamb who died for us is now our Shepherd who leads us. Where will you spend your eternity?