Week 8 - I entrust myself to God
To my utter amazement I see that God is gazing at me lovingly. He accepts me just as I am. He lets me live.
What I may wish to ask:
That I can conquer my resistance and can surrender myself to His love. That I can entrust myself to God. That I may experience that He has won me over.
Music: Look at the World John Rutter
Look at the world
Everything all around us
Look at the world
And marvel every day
Look at the world
So many joys and wonders
So many miracles
Along our way
Praise to the O Lord for all creation
Give us thankful hearts that we may see
All the gifts we share and every blessing
All things come of thee
Look at the earth
Bringing forth fruit and flowers
Look at the sky
The sunshine and the rain
Look at the hills
Look at the trees and mountains
Valley and flowing river
Field and plain
Praise to the O Lord for all creation
Give us thankful hearts that we may see
All the gifts we share and every blessing
All things come of thee
Think of the spring
Think of the warmth of summer
Bringing the harvest
Before the winter's cold
Everything grows
Everything has a season
Till it is gathered to the fathers fold
Praise to the O Lord for all creation
Give us thankful hearts that we may see
All the gifts we share and every blessing
All things come of thee
Every good gift
All that we need and cherish
Comes from the Lord
In token of his love
We are his hands
Stewards of all his bounty
His is the earth and his the heavens above
Praise to the O Lord for all creation
Give us thankful hearts that we may see
All the gifts we share and every blessing
All things come of thee
All things come of thee
Spotify link:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3QlVTwpPcbfxaY1wXFi7a3?si=bb2ec506b3f64405
YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDa-Mab4SoU
Luke 19: 1-10.
He (Jesus) entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And there was a man named Zacchae′us; he was a chief tax collector, and rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.
To climb up into a sycamore tree to find out who Jesus is…. What is, or was, my way of finding out who Jesus is?
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5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchae′us, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully.
Jesus looked up and saw Zacchae’us and invited himself to his house. To be seen and to be needed: has that ever happened to me? How did I respond to that?
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7 And when they saw it they all murmured, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 8 And Zacchae′us stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold.”
In spite of all the criticism of the bystanders, Zacchae’us stood up. He has the courage to allow himself to be seen. What would have made all the difference for him? Can I remember such a moment in my own life?
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9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.”
I listen to the words Jesus speaks and I look at Him. What effect do His words and His gaze have on me?
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