ZACHEUS WAS A LITTLE MAN
WHO ONE DAY CLIMBED A TREE
FOR JESUS WAS TO PASS THAT WAY
AND ZACHEUS COULD NOT SEE.
SO UP THIS BIG OLD TREE HE WENT
ABOVE THE CROWD BELOW,
FOR EVERYBODY HATED HIM
AND LET THEIR HATRED SHOW
.
SAFELY HIDDEN IN THE BOWS
ZACHEUS WAITED TENSE
NEARER-NEARER-CAME THE LORD
GREAT WAS HIS SUSPENCE.
ZACHEUS PEERED IN GREAT DELIGHT
AS JESUS CAME IN VIEW
THEN HE GASPED IN AWFUL FRIGHT
WHAT EVER SHOULD HE DO?
FOR JESUS STOPPED BENEATH THE TREE
AND LOOKED HIM IN THE EYE
“ZACHEUS MAY I COME TO TEA”,
WAS THE SAVIOUR’S CRY.
ZACHEUS QUICKLY SCRAMBLED DOWN
AND TO HIS HOUSE MADE HASTE,
THE LORD HAD TO COME TO SEEK HIM OUT
HIS TIME HE WOULD NOT WASTE.
“FORGIVE ME LORD”, FOR ALL THE WRONG
I’VE DONE TO EVERY ONE.
I PROMISE TO REPAY THEM ALL
AND HUMBLY TO ATONE.
ZACHEUS MET THE SAVIOUR
AND REPENTED OF HIS SIN
TRUSTED IN THE LIVING WORD
FOUND NEW LIFE IN HIM.
CHRIST’S VOICE IS JUST AS CLEAR TODAY
HE SEEKS US ONE AND ALL
BE READY WAITING TO RESPOND
WHEN YOU HEAR HIS CALL
HE SEEKS A PLACE WITHIN YOUR HEART
SWING OPEN WIDE THE GATE
REPENT AND LET HIS LOVE FLOW IN
LEST IT BE TOO LATE.
By Doris A. Rulton
Photo by Clifton Franks