LNF
  • WELCOME
  • CALENDAR
  • MUSIC
  • STORIES
  • YouTube
  • RESOURCES
  • ABOUT

Notes from
​the Homestead.

Jesus Stopped

12/13/2017

 
JOHN MANIATTY

“And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house. ‘And he hurried and came down, and received Him gladly.” Luke 19:5-6

What a thrill it must have been for Zaccheus to have Jesus purposefully and knowingly spot him, call him out, and invite Himself to his house! 2 Chronicles 16:9 says: “For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that he may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.”

Just like He did for Bartimaeus, Jesus stopped to meet Zaccheus. Were these men “interrupting” Jesus and preventing Him from doing what was really important? Were the children who were coming to see and be with Jesus bothering Him? No way! There was nothing more important to Jesus than ministering the love and compassion of His Father to people. What a thrill it must have been for Jesus to know that Bart and Zack were doing everything in their power to see Him. How it must have rejoiced His heart to have those precious young ones unashamedly come to Him, while those who should have 
recognized Him refused.

Jesus had not only a word of knowledge for Zaccheus (He knew his name and called him by it), but He also had a word of relational desire for him (“Hey, man, I wanna come over to your house and spend some time with you today!”)

Am I seeking Jesus so intensely, and am I so earnest in my desire for Him that I will climb a tree, or cry out in the midst of a hostile crowd, or do whatever it takes to see Him? Am I so ready to rejoice and wholeheartedly say yes when Jesus says, “Martin, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house?” Should this not be everyday?

agape,
---john

Comments are closed.

    Archives

    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017

    Notes
    Defender
    ​I'm Listening
    Awe
    All for Jesus
    Shout Unto God
    You Redeem
    Only Jesus
    Breakthrough
    I Surrender
    Stand in Your Love
    Confidence
    Christ is Risen
    Multiplied
    Won't Stop Now
    Ain't No Grave
    The Great Awaken...
    The Way
    Greater
    ​Oh Lord We Seek...
    ​Zion
    ​Thank You
    ​Song of Heaven
    Baptisms!
    Fullness
    God of the Imposs...
    Heaven on Earth​
    Speak
    You Never Let Go
    Belong to You
    Great Things
    Surrounded
    Rise Up
    Joy of the Lord
    Lift My Life Up
    Look How He Lifted...
    Nailed to the Cross
    Call Upon the Lord
    Strength of My Life
    Good Good Father
    ​No Other
    God is on the Move
    There is Power
    What a Friend
    ​Boldly I Approach
    Because He Lives
    Overwhelmed
    How Can I Keep...
    Everything Comes...
    ​At Your Name
    God of All My Days
    Holy Spirit
    Living Hope​
    Define Me

    You Alone
    The Answer
    ​Freedom Hymn
    Boldly I Approach
    Word of Life
    Death Was Arrested
    Broken Vessels
    Revelation Song
    Start a Fire
    So Will I
    Reckless Love
    More of You
    Endless
    Gracefully Broken
    Your Love Defends...
    Drops in the Ocean

    Get Down
    When I'm With You
    Glorious Day
    Jesus, I Believe
    Desert Dance
    ​Even So Come
    Here As In Heaven
    ​Gracefully Broken
    ​Made for Worship
    ​Do It Again
    Just Say Jesus
    ​God Is On The Move
    ​Old Church Choir
    Endless Praise
    No Longer Slaves
    ​This Is Amazing...
    ​We Believe
    Come To The Altar
    ​Just Keep It
    Open The Eyes Of...
    ​Joy In The Journey
    ​Priceless
    The Great Awak...

    Give Them Up
    My Redeemer
    ​He's Alive
    ​Find Us Faithful
    ​Rescuer
    Show Me Your Face
    ​Joy To The World
    ​Jesus Is More
    Hark! The Herald...
    O Come All Ye Faith...
    ​I Exalt Thee
    ​Open Our Eyes
    Two Hands
© 2020 Love Never Fails  |  All rights reserved.
  • WELCOME
  • CALENDAR
  • MUSIC
  • STORIES
  • YouTube
  • RESOURCES
  • ABOUT