"When Jesus came to the place, He looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down, for TODAY I must abide at thy house. And he made haste, and came down, and received Him joyfully.... for the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.... And when He was come near, He beheld the city and wept over it, saying... in this THY DAY.... thou knewest not the time of thy visitation" (Luke 19:10,41-44).
The Seeker and Savior of sinners is near
To freely impart His salvation!
Make haste to come down as the time is now here,
The moment of His visitation!
Zacchaeus affords us a picture of grace,
Who climbed in the tree to see Jesus,
But when the Lord Jesus had come to that place,
He fastened His eyes on Zacchaeus.
"Zacchaeus, make haste!" we hear our Lord say.
He needed no other persuasion:
Zacchaeus came down and received Him that day,
Thus saved on that happy occasion!
How great was the sorrowful difference at last
When Jesus wept over the city
For missing their moment when He had then passed
To seek and to save them with pity!
O Lord, we are debtors to Your patient love
Which sought us until we received
Your mercy extended from heaven above
When we in that moment believed!
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