I THINK I WOULD FALL DOWN

WITNESS




6-2-13




I THINK I WOULD FALL DOWN




Imaging this
In today’s world


A great man---a Holy Reverent man
Is in your town
And in a parade---on foot


You are well off
A tax collector---working for the government
Or perhaps a CPA


You are a short man
And you cannot see
This Holy Reverent man
So you run away
And climb a tree
So that you can see


As this Holy Man
Passes by you he says,
“Zacchaeus, come down immediately
I want to stay in your house tonight”


You have this bad reputation
Because you are a tax collector
And all the people
Begin to talk about you


You are in awe
That he chose you
To come to your house and stay
You think,
“Why me?”


I don’t know about you
But I think
I would be so stunned
That I would fall down
I would fall
Right out of the tree


You are so touched
That this Holy Man
Has chosen you,
That you say,


“ Lord, here and now
I give all of my possessions
To the poor,
If I have cheated anyone
I will pay back 4x the amount” 1 Luke 19:8


Jesus said to Zacchaeus,

“Today, salvation has come to this house
Because this man, too
Is a Son of Abraham
For the Son of Man came to seek
And to SAVE what was lost” 1 Luke 19:9&10


Robert P. Wallman
6-28-11




Ps WITNESS 6-2-13


“Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through
A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus-he was
A chief collector and was wealthy


He wanted to see who Jesus was-but being a short man
He could not-because of the crowd-so he ran ahead and climbed
A sycamore-fig tree to see him-since Jesus was coming that way


When Jesus reached the spot-he looked up and said to him
‘Zacchaeus-come down immediately-I must stay at your house today’”
Luke 19:1-5



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