TODAY IS THE DAY
Today's reading:  Luke 19-20

"When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zaccheus and called him by name.  Zaccheus! he said, Quick, come down!  For I must be a guest in your house today."  Luke 19:5 NLT

I've sang about Zaccheus since I was a toddler.

I've done the motions to the song, colored the pages and held in my hand the leaves of a sycamore tree.

What I haven't known about the account of Zaccheus until this morning is the relevance of Jesus saying, today.

Was that day in history all Zaccheus had?

As a child I never thought about the simple fact that if Zaccheus had died the day after Jesus walked through his town, and Zaccheus had not accepted Christ as his Savior--Zaccheus would be in hell.

Today may be all some of us have.

A quick viewing of the obituaries tells us that death is no respecter of persons, accidents happen and life ends too quickly.

What's God asking you to do today?  Where's He asking you to minister?  To whom is He asking you to speak?

If you knew today was all you had, or all someone else had, would you put off telling them about Jesus until tomorrow?

We don't know.  So why do we postpone spreading the Gospel of our Lord?