The phone rang and a small child answered it softly. “Hello,” he said barely above a whisper.
“Hello,” came the response. “Is your mother home?”
“Yes,” came the reply, “but she’s busy.”
“Well,” wondered the caller, “Is your father home?”
“Yes,” he said, “but he’s busy, too.”
“They are both busy? What are they doing?” asked the salesman.
“They’re looking for me,” he whispered.
What a picture of our Savior! He said, “I, the Son of Man, have come to seek and save the lost!”
This verse comes at the end of the story of Zaccheaus. Sometimes we focus on the different facts in the story: he was very short, the Son of Abraham, he was a very influential man, and he was an unpopular tax collector. None of this actually mattered to Jesus.
What did matter to Jesus, then and now, is that a person is not saved because of his family, his wealth, influence in the community, his appearance or his previous way of life. It is only through faith in the Son of Man that the lost can be forgiven and be made new.
In one verse Jesus summarized His entire mission: to seek and to save the lost. Wherever they are, whatever they have done, Jesus is still seeking the lost.
Prayer: Lord, we may have much, but You ask little except that we, in faith, accept You as our Savior. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Scripture: Luke 19:10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
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