Tuesday, November 22, 2022

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

 

 

9-25-2021 and 11-22-2022

MISC.        WITNESS        5-17-14

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