Scripture: Luke 18:35- 19:10
1Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
5When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." 6So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
7All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.' "
8But 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."
9Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."
OAP:
Last night I keyed in on how Jesus also calls the rich, we just ignore him. In this passage the rich tax collector makes radical changes, gives away half his stuff, then on top of that repays all that he has take unjustly fourfold. Yes Jesus calls the rich, but it is rare to see that type of economic sacrifice that quickly. It is a radical change. That is what really sticks out to me. "God, I have been wrong let me undo it, and with interest." I don't do that radical change.
God, strike down my excuses. Flat out reject them in a way that is painfully obvious to me.
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