DESIRE
Luke 19:1-10

“One thing I have desired of the LORD, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple.” (Psalm 27:4) This is the confession of King David about his desires. David desired to dwell in the house of the Lord, not to be coming and going from the house of the Lord with nothing to hold onto. What is your desire that you will seek, or the one that you are seeking? It only takes seeking what is desired, for it to be deposited in one’s life. Having said it a number of times, that God is not a slave master, it is always better to remember Him as a saving God, and that He will not deposit what you don’t desire in you. What do you desire in the Lord? Zacchaeus, whose name means pure, with a pure and sincere heart desired to see Jesus. Zacchaeus had some hindrances that could deny him of his desires such as: being a tax collector and short in stature, in the midst of crowd. Despite his hindrances, the Bible says in Luke 19:4, “So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.”Zacchaeus is an example of someone that knew what he wanted, and how to get what he wanted from the Lord and Savior. Zacchaeus could have ran ahead and stayed a head of the crowd, but he decided to run and climb into a sycamore tree. It can be extra difficult for a short man to climb into a tree, but the purity and sincerity of Zacchaeus’ heart to see who Jesus was energized him to go all the way for his desire. The apostle Paul declared that, “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.”(1 Corinthians 15:10) Labor is what it takes, not laziness to go the extra mile in getting desires deposited in the life of a believer. Zacchaeus did not labor in vain because Jesus noticed him. And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.”(Luke 19:9) Indeed and in truth, Zacchaeus lived up to the meaning his name. Matthew 5:8, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Zacchaeus did not just see Jesus, but hosted Jesus in his house because he sought him.
Prayer for today: Enable me O Lord with the grace to seek you, with all that you have given me so that hindrances will fail in my life.