“Today
Salvation
Has Come To This House”
He entered Jericho and was passing
through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a
chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on
account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran
ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that
way. 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.” So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. All who saw it
began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a
sinner.” 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.” Then Jesus
said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son
of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”
Zacchaeus was a bad man
who needed inner healing. As a chief tax collector, he could take a cut from
what his subordinates had collected. He was therefore, a wealthy man. Zacchaeus may have been overwhelmed with guilt when Jesus
looked up at him and told him He was coming to his house.
Zacchaeus needed
spiritual healing, just as we do. He went to the Great Physician, just as we do
today. He can still reach you wherever you are.
Our Daily
Bread – November 2, 2005