Today's Bible reading is the 19th chapter of the Book of Luke. You can read it here at Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2019&version=NASB

Yesterday's text, the 18th chapter of Luke, included the story of the "rich young ruler" who had came to Jesus asking what he needed to do to inherit eternal life. At the end of the interaction between the two,  Jesus says, "How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the Kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." The passage goes on to say that those who heard Him then asked, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus answers them saying, "The things that are impossible with people are possible with God."

In today's passage of scripture we have the famous story of Zaccheus, his climb up the sycamore tree and Jesus and salvation coming to his house. While reading the account I felt as if I was seeing the purposeful fulfillment of what Jesus had spoken in the previous chapter. Let me explain. One of the things that we read about Zaccheus, other than his small stature and his occupation as "a chief tax collector", is that "he was rich". What a wondrous story. Zaccheus was about to pass through the eye of a needle! For sure, this was "impossible with people" but not impossible for God. Unknown to Zaccheus, as he climbed up in that sycamore tree that day to look down and see who Jesus was, he would find himself looking upon God. And God would take him through the eye of the needle and into the kingdom of God. What a wonderful truth it is; "The things that are impossible with people are possible for God."