Did you ever hear the story about how Jesus invited himself to dinner with the worst person in town? It’s in Luke 19: the story of the tax collector who climbed a tree. Zacchaeus was awful - he worked for the Romans and extorted his position to get rich off the back of ordinary people; a traitor, barely better than a thief; the worst of the worst.
And yet, at the end of this story, when he’s met with Jesus, something extraordinary has happened to Zacchaeus...
“Look Lord!” he exclaims, “Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount!”
It’s amazing what having an unplanned dinner with Jesus can do! What happened?
In an instant, a whole town was better off because one man climbed a tree out of curiosity, and another man saw the best of the best in the worst of the worst.
Perhaps today there are areas of your own life you need Jesus to gatecrash. Or perhaps you know you need help to see the best in people, just like Jesus did. Either way, it starts with seeking Him first, letting Him see the real you, and then inviting Him in.
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