Has the Searcher found you?

 

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Tuesday 17 November 2020

Has the Searcher found you?

 

Gospel

Luke 19:1-10

Salvation comes to the house of Zacchaeus

1.      Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the town

2.      when a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance:

3.      he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man.

4.      He was anxious to see what kind of man Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd.

5.      So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus who was to pass that way.

6.      When Jesus reached the spot he looked up and spoke to him: ‘Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I must stay at your house today.’

7.      And he hurried down and welcomed him joyfully.

8.      They all complained when they saw what was happening. ‘He has gone to stay at a sinner’s house’ they said.

9.      But Zacchaeus stood his ground and said to the Lord,

10. ‘Look, sir, I am going to give half my property to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will pay him back four times the amount.’

11. And Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham;

12. for the Son of Man has come to seek out and save what was lost.’

 

Prayerful reflection

The last sentence is the punch line. Jesus, God the Father’s only Son, came into this world to seek for the lost. For this, he emptied himself of all his divine prerogatives and came as a slave searching for the lost in the holes in which they were hiding.

 

He came and is still here looking for us. As soon as we show the slightest interest, he will call us and if we respond, salvation will come to our house. We will have the joy of meeting Jesus, one to one.

 

There is no pressure. There are no threats. Like a father searching for his lost child, he searches for you. Has he found you? Have you come with him? He doesn’t drive us to hell. We are lost through out own sinfulness. If we don’t let him find us, the hell of this life will become an eternal one. We are blessed if we realise this and answer when he calls.