7 All who saw it began to complain, “He’s gone to stay with a sinful man.”
8 But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord. And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much.”
9 “Today salvation has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham. (Luke 19: 7-9 CSB)
The story of Zaccheaus is short but very impressive. Here is a man who had everything from a financial standpoint, but probably nothing from a personal standpoint. As a tax collector during that time, maybe much like now even, he was despised. Not only because of his job, but because that job gave him easy chance to extort people. And it seems tax collectors did this quite naturally then.
Between this and the moments when Jesus interceded with prostitutes and lepers, shows us that no one is beyond the saving grace of Christ.
Our interactions tend to be with people who are in a similar socioeconomic background of our own. Our comings and goings may not necessarily put us in contact with people who are struggling due to their circumstances. This is when we look at our life only from our typical interactions. However, much like with Zaccheaus, it may be that the most powerful and influential people we know are in just as great need.
It is true, everyone is in need of Christ love.
