“You have mercy on all, because you can do all things. You overlook people’s sins that they may repent. For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you hated, you would not have fashioned. Therefore you rebuke offenders, warn them, and remind them of the sins they are committing, that they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, O Lord. ‘Today salvation has come to this house.”
How wonderful that we believe in a merciful God, who looks past our sins, to gift us with mercy. That does not mean I am to overlook my fault but I have reason to repent. My goal is not to convince God that I deserve His mercy, but ask the Lord who sees me as I am to shower me with His love.
Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus, but the Lord was looking for him. The word today speaks to me, reminding me to ask for forgiveness, to forgive others and believe in a loving merciful God. We hear warning alarms, sirens and smoke detectors. The word today reminds me of what I must abandon, change and seek. Jesus is looking for you.