Courage Of Desperation

Luke 19:4  

"And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycamore 

tree to see him: for he was to pass that way"

   The English oak, and its shade is most pleasing.  And it's very easy to climb, with its short trunk and its wide branches forking out in all directions. Things were not easy for Zacchaeus but the little man had the courage of desperation. 
   Zacchaeus took steps to show all the community that he was a changed man. When Jesus announced that he would stay that day at his house, and when he discovered that he had found a new and wonderful friend, immediately Zacchaeus made a decision. He decided to give half of his goods to the poor; and what ever he had taken from others he did not intend to keep to himself but to restore them four fold. 
   The Story ends with these powerful words, The Son of Man came to seek and to save, that which was lost. We must always be careful how we take the meaning of this word lost. In the New Testament it does not mean damned or doomed. It simply means in the wrong place. A man is lost when he has wandered away from God; and he is found when once again he takes his rightful place as an obedient child in the household and the family of God. 

   My Friends, A testimony is utterly worthless unless it is backed by deeds which guarantee its sincerity. It is not a mere change of words which Jesus Christ demands, but a change of life. 

Amen!

Reading: Luke 19:1-10

Ref: HG SB

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry