Every parent knows the feeling.....you call and call but
your children never seem to appear from around the corner. It isn’t because
they’re hiding. Most likely, they are either listening to music and can’t hear
you, or they are so engrossed in what they are doing; they’re not paying
attention to the sound of your voice. So you call and call, and eventually go
looking for them. “Didn’t you hear me?” And so the story of every parent-child
relationship goes...
One day Jesus was calling a young man named Zacchaeus, who
like so many others, spent many hours each day going about his work. “He was a
chief tax collector, and he was rich.” (Luke 19.2) But unlike typical children,
he immediately ran to see God and welcomed Him into his house joyfully. As a
result of his immediate response to God’s call, he received a great gift.
“And Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this
house, because he also is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek
and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19.10) If Zacchaeus had not been paying
attention, he would not have heard God calling him; and if he didn’t hear God
calling, he would never have received his blessing. He received the gift of
salvation simply because he answered God’s call and responded.
God is calling you.....are you coming?
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