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Salvation
Friday, March 20, 2015
Help Me!
READ: Luke 19:1-10
KEY VERSE: So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the
road, for Jesus was going to pass that way. –Luke 19:4 (NLT)
“Help me, help me, help me!” is one of the best prayers there is, author Anne
Lamott says. She’s right.
Zacchaeus gets this, too. He does whatever it takes to meet Jesus. He doesn’t
repent at first. But he makes sure to encounter Jesus, even if others see. In
doing so, he gets clear about his sin and surrenders.
I learned the hard way. A personal crisis that kept deteriorating forced me to
say, “Help me, help me, help me!” And to do it without caring who saw.
I learned firsthand more about salvation. As Christians, we truly are saved and
being saved at the same time. And each time we surrender, we get clearer
that the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.
–Rev. Yvonne D. Hawkins
LOOKING WITHIN: What am I trying to handle on my own? What’s that doing
to my life? What scripture and promise from God can help me to surrender,
confess and repent?
Holy Spirit, I worship you for being my counselor. You guide me into all
truth. Thank you for revealing the truth of my sins, but also the truth of
salvation through Jesus. Help me to let you help me – again. Amen.
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