A Visit From Jesus!

I praise and thank GOD for the opportunity to be invited by a group of people who loves the LORD and meets every Sunday in one of the restaurants by the boulevard of Dumaguete City, Philippines. We were looking in the New Testament book/gospel of Luke which mentioned the conversation of Jesus and Zaccheus and Jesus inviting Himself into Zaccheus' home. Being a chief tax collector for the Roman government, Zaccheus was seriously hated among the Jews and no one would want to be socially seen with him. A great pastor and teacher said that Zaccheus was short in size but big in corruption. Being GOD, Jesus knew the intentions of the heart of Zaccheus as he was trying to see who He was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature. So Zaccheus ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, for He was about to pass through that way. Oh the sweetest words that Zaccheus ever heard since he was born, "Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house." This loving concern and intimacy from the Lord Jesus Christ made a tremendous impact in the life of Zaccheus leading to repentance, and producing a radical change in his life. He said, "Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much." To which Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." It is my prayer that every nation's leader, politician, government official, and citizen would respond to Jesus' Visits in the same way Zaccheus did, when he hurried and came down and received Him gladly. By the way, Zaccheus means 'Pure' and the Word of GOD in the New Testament book/gospel of Matthew says, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."