Enduring Word Bible-Zacchaeus

Enduring Word Bible - #42

Luke 19:1-10

Jesus and Zaccheus

Jesus is on his way way up to Jerusalem.

He enters Jericho.

He was just passing through 

since Jericho is on the way

 to Jerusalem from the Galilee.

We all know the song.

We have sung it since childhood.

This is a very old sycamore tree
 that stands right in the center of Jericho.
Of course, we had to stop 
and take a photo on one of our trips to Israel.
And yes, it wasn't this tree,
 but it stands as a reminder for us all.

Zaccheus brings us hope.

The cast out man who was despised

 by his own neighbors.

This is the the one Jesus

 wanted to spend time with that day.

Each of us in our dishonest, less-than lives

can find an open-arm welcome by Jesus.

Always, everyday.

"For the Son of Man came to seek

 and to see the lost."
How fitting that this story of Zaccheus
 opens the Holy Week journey.

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