Spirit Man - Zacchaeus

Zacchaeus was a wee little man,

And a wee little man was he

He climbed up in a sycamore tree, 

For the Lord he wanted to see

Then Jesus said, "Zacchaeus, you come down,

For I'm coming to your house today, 

For I'm coming to your house today!"

Does anyone remember singing this as a child?  I do and I loved all those songs as a kid, especially the flannel board where pictures were given of the Bible.  Love those pictures - and it's the Spirit of God who does give us pictures that we might grasp the concepts of Truth.

When God saved us, we were saved by Him, not of ourselves.  We all agree with this, don't we?  And yet after salvation, we go about saving ourselves to the uttermost when He started it.  He said He'll finish it.

Truth is, we are "wee little men."  God's work in us is to keep us "wee little men," and climb the heights of this present world in order to "see Jesus Christ in WHOM we believe and have been given life by and through Him alone."

What happens is that we stay in the crowd of people - the crowd of the world's clamor, distractions, crowd of Christian dissensions, factions, ideas, arguments, debates, etc.

What do we do?

Climb the tree. 

And pray, "Lord, let me see Your Son with the eyes of my heart."

God has already called us to be seated with His Son in the heavenly places.  He has given us His Holy Spirit to teach us, show us, guide us, reveal the things FREELY given to us in His Son.  The only way it is going to sink in and become real to the heart is to stay "wee, wee!"

God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.

He will continually show us as we truly stay meek, teachable - flexible in our willingness to let go of what we think we know in order that we may TRULY KNOW.

God's truth brings joy and peace, life and peace in and through His Holy Spirit and God's Word of Life.  He says so.

What a glorious thing to take His road and find the pearl of great price, which He offers all of us by invitation.

Sue Gaither