Keeping it Personal

The Christian faith is not about words and ideas. It is not an academic subject to master. It is a life. The Bible conveys the truth in words that we might then live the life that it speaks to us about. The word of God is designed to enlighten us in the very depths of our being and to give true food to the soul. In the end it reveals to us a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ. We are called to know Him and to be known by Him. In that way it is all very personal.

This is what we find in the events related in Luke 19: 1-10. It is very personal. What happens between the Lord Jesus and Zacchaeus is something very special between two people. Zacchaeus finished the time they spent together calling Him 'Lord'. His own self-interest had given way to bigger things and there was now someone different, the Lord Himself, who was governor of his soul. What is your relationship with Jesus? Is He personal to you?

Main Headings:

1: First person singular
2: Second person singular
3: A personal touch