What is salvation to you? Do you think of it as a “get out of jail free card?” Is it a reward for being good? Do you ever think about salvation? Or have you taken it for granted, allowing it to pass from your mind? Has it come to your house?
Salvation is a churchy word we hear thrown around from time-to-time. Anyone not familiar with those churchy words not only do not know what they mean but treat them as meaningless gibberish. We should not cast them aside so easily.
There was one individual who was so curious about Jesus that he climbed a tree to see Him. We may remember the story of Zacchaeus. We may have sung the children’s song about him. But do we understand why he was so curious?
Zacchaeus was a tax collector. He was hated by his fellow Jews. He was considered a traitor. Yet, Zacchaeus must have longed to fellowship with his fellow Jews. He certainly had not completely thrown away his belief in God. Otherwise, he would not have sought to see Jesus.
Perhaps we should be more like Zacchaeus. Perhaps we should seek Jesus out. Perhaps we need to understand better what salvation is. It is a free gift given to us for nothing more than our acceptance of Jesus into our hearts. Based on Jesus’ response to Zacchaeus, he had accepted Jesus for who He is and committed to following Him. We would do well to do the same.
I pray we all seek to see Jesus every day. I pray we know that Jesus gives us salvation when we accept Him into our hearts. I pray each one of us will choose to follow Jesus just as Zacchaeus did. Always seek Jesus. Accept Jesus. Be saved. Follow Jesus. Trust Jesus.
Luke 19:9-10 Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”
Marty Pressey 