THE GOSPEL OF LUKE: - Vital Christianity

210What are our values? What is our life built around? What is our identity? To the extentthat what is important to us is not important to God, to just that extent discipleship will cost us.We need to give up what is important to us for what is important for Him.For Zacchaeus, his decision meant rejection of the old values on which his life had beenbased and commitment to the values of Jesus. Zacchaeus expressed those values by his behavior.He gave away the wealth he had once lived for.Intellectual assent or agreement with what the Bible says is not enough. To be a disciplewe must step beyond mere agreement to definite action. After all, it is our actions which expressour true values. What we do is what we believe. How we spend our time, money and talents tellus a lot more about ourselves than what we accept as intellectually true. Agreement with truth isonly the first step in conversion and discipleship. It is commitment that counts!