‭Luke 19:8 NIV‬
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! 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.”

Good morning and praise God.i hope you're having a blessed weekend. Tax collectors have never been liked from the beginning of times. It seems they have always been unjust in collecting taxes. They have always been regarded as sinners. Zacchaeus was one of them. However, he was a man like any other looking for meaning of life. He found it in Jesus Christ. Now a story is told before about a young man who was very rich but had kept God's laws as he claimed. Jesus tested his faith by telling him to go now sell everything he had and give to the poor and follow him so that he can get eternal life. The Bible says the young man left with a sorrowful heart for he was very rich. Zacchaeus is opposite of that man, when he found Jesus, we see him taking a faith action to return what he had stolen from people through cheating. He is not waiting to hear Jesus in order to do what is right. He is not blaming his weak blood and flesh but rather putting his new faith in Jesus Christ onto action through the conviction in his heart. Looking at the two characters, who does your life resemble to? In this Lent season I pray that you and me will emulate Zacchaeus true repentance. I pray that we'll not shy off Jesus Christ to protect what we think is more important than eternal life. Let us pray that we'll be proactive in obeying God even before He speaks or coax us. God loves you, have a blessed day. Shalom. Shalom.