Luke 19
5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
8 But 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.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Jesus is a BETTER seeker
"The Son of Man came to seek..." (vs. 10-a)
What are you seeking as the core of why you live? Do you work solely to seek wealth, fame & love?
What do you daily seek to find? What is it that you always hope to accomplish daily?
What do you daily seek to satisfy you?
What do you daily seek to feel? What emotions rule you? What emotions do you always want satisfied?
What do you daily seek to understand? What fulfills the deepest hunger of your mind?
Seek to daily understand Jesus, listen to Jesus, speak to Jesus and love Jesus more than anything else.
Jesus is a BETTER Savior
"The Son of Man came to...save the lost." (vs. 10-b)
What are you seeking as the core of what you save and why you live?
Do you live like you are your own Saviour?
What do you daily seek to save? What is it that if you lost it you would not want to live anymore?
What do you daily seek to protect and keep as your ultimate treasure?
What do you daily seek to save you? Who or what are you hoping will satisfy all your deepest needs?
What do you daily seek as a means of redeeming your existence?
Seek to rest in the perfect salvation and redemption that Jesus has completely finished for all eternity.
May we stop looking and seeking for what will not satisfy: worldly seductions & earthly treasure.
May we rest in Jesus who sought us out and came to live and be with us to save us and reunite us in loving communion with God.
May we stop looking to people, work, wealth, fame to justify our existence.
May we see and rest in the truth that only Jesus can save, only Jesus has saved and only Jesus will save us.
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