SAVED! (10-30-10)

Luke 19:9
And Jesus said unto him, this day is salvation come to this house…
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We, Filipinos love to eat, and since we are naturally hospitable and gregarious, food is the basis of our social life. In our everyday life, we eat three main meals and two snacks in between. Then, for those who really are up to it, add to this the midnight snack (which is normally done between 10pm and midnight). Then there would be the “fiesta” (feast of patron saints), birthdays, baptisms, weddings and funerals, where foods are served and shared together with story-telling, jokes and “tsismis” (gossips).

In the Bible, Jesus would teach about the love of God, or bring about salvation, while eating or hosting a meal. His first miracle is in the wedding in Cana. There is also the feast with Levi and his fellow publicans and “sinners”. And before he sacrificed himself on the cross, he had the last supper with his disciples where he offered his body and blood for our salvation.

And who can forget the day He had supper with Zaccheus. Because of the spirit of God coming into his house, he readily gave half of his riches to the poor. And Jesus said unto him, “this day is salvation come to this house forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham”.

Almighty Father, Your Words are the food of our souls. We hunger and yearn for You and Your gift of life. May we learn and have the will to share this food to others so they may also be filled with Your love and accept Your offer of salvation.

Oh Lord, we call upon You for our strength. May You continue to be the source of power to achieve those beyond anything we could ever do ourselves. And when the time has come that You call me, I will do it with haste, and come down, and receive You joyfully.

“I am the bread of life, all who come to me shall not hunger
All who believe in me shall not thirst
No one can come to me, unless the Father beckons”

For the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.