Dear Bros in Christ,

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his
friend.

Brothers in Christ, this monthly email is sent and meant to be an encouragement to all
and to build up and edify in the Lord Jesus Christ. Oikodome means "Builder". The Lord
has put this on my heart to send out a monthly Iron Man Oikodome {oy-kod-om-
ay'} to build up and encourage the men who love and follow Jesus Christ in their walk
with Him.

Romans 14:19 Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the
things by which one may edify another.
Hebrews 3:13 "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so
that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness."

OCTOBER 2006
S.A.T.S.*Seek And To Save

Jesus Comes to Zacchaeus' House

Luke19:2-10 Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 Now
behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax
collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but
could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he
ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was
going to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked
up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come
down, for today I must stay at your house." 6 So he made haste and
came down, and received Him joyfully. 7 But when they saw it, they all
complained, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a
sinner."
8 Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, I give
half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone
by false accusation, I restore fourfold."
9 And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house,
because he also is a son of Abraham; 10 for the Son of Man has come
to seek and to save that which was lost."

There are times when we can and do get buried in the filth of this
world, and the things of our flesh when we lose sight of Jesus Christ. If
Jesus comes to stay at your house today, will you receive Him joyfully
or will He be like the unexpected guest who drops in and you wish he
had called first so you could be ready. Maybe because we are caught
up in things that we should not be involved in and because of where
we are, we cannot see Jesus either. Jesus wants to lift us up- we need
to be able to see Jesus… to keep our gaze fixed on Him always.
 We have a need to see who Jesus is, but we let the things of this
world get between us and block our view then we can lose sight of
Christ Jesus in our life, and what He wants to do in our life. God can
and will bring you to a place where you can see Jesus again ask Him to
lift you up above all the distractions so you can see Him. Jesus is
always everywhere and can be found in all situations if we can get just
look above the crowdedness of our lives.

Lord bring us to that place where we can see You Lord Jesus and
nothing is standing in the way or blocking our view. Lift us above the
crowds to the place where we can have a clear view of You Lord so You
can stay at our house today. So that we can walk with you Lord. Maybe
the Lord has wanted to stay at your house before but you were too
busy and did not hear Him knocking or see Him coming. Jesus saw
Zacchaeus, He sees you today right where you are at bro, but can you
see Him… If you feel like you are failing the test bro call on the name
of Jesus, He has come to Seek And To Save. Does not matter how short
we are on our own merits. He will lift you up and even put you in a tree
if that is what it takes to stay at your house today. He does not want us
to become a tree hugger and stay above everyone, but to get away
from the things of this world and our flesh so we can see Him today
and let Him stay at our house today and everyday.
Jesus told Zacchaeus to make haste and come down for today I
MUST stay at your house. Jesus wants us to hurry and come closer and
along side Him at this moment right now He has to live at our house. In
other words, it is a prerequisite coming from Jesus.
Our Lord would say to you and me today to be ready for Him and if
you have too then go-ahead take drastic measures as Zacchaeus did
when he got up in that tree to be able to see Jesus, then do it. Oh, it
might involve cutting off all those things that keep you from looking for
Jesus. Whether it be too much of this or that or maybe it should be
none of any of whatever just know that if you cannot see Jesus then
something is blocking your view bros… and it is not of God. He will not
cause your vision to be obstructed. Jesus said, “I am the Way the Truth
and the Life” John 14:6, there are no exceptions for this or that’s in
this scripture

So if you are up a tree and still cannot see ask the Lord to cut those
branches off so you can have a full view of Jesus in your life. Do not let
anything keep you from being ready to receive Jesus at your house
today bros. Zacchaeus was not ashamed to do what he had to do. He
did all he could to prepare himself to see Jesus and came down joyfully
to accept Jesus in front of all his peers and a lot of his enemies were
there too and they did not like seeing Zacchaeus getting blessed. In
fact they were complaining about him to Jesus. See Jesus can see us
and our hearts and He can forgive our sins but man never forgets it
seems we cannot out live our sins in the light of man. But Jesus that is
a different story He forgives and forgets and never brings it up again.

Zacchaeus gave half of his riches to the poor and restored those he
took advantage of fourfold. It is obvious the impact of seeing Jesus had
on Zacchaeus. He wanted Jesus after He saw Him, he had heard about
Him but now He had seen Him up close and personal. Zacchaeus knew
in his heart that Jesus came for Him to stay with him in other words he
started to clean his house the things he could do first by making that
confession that there is sin in my house. Made his house ready to
receive Jesus he did the footwork took the first step to receive Jesus so
Jesus could complete the good work and clean his house thoroughly for
Zacchaeus. Joyfully we can prepare too Bros. Then what are you
waiting for? We need to be ready waiting and watching keep looking
for Him. Then by all means hurry up and do what ever is necessary to
be ready for Jesus when He comes to stay at your house. Take that first
step climb that tree bro He is coming can you see Him…
Luke 19:9-10 And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to
this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; 10 for the Son of Man
has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

Thank you Jesus for being our Lord and Savior, please come trim
our trees Lord so we can see you today and you can stay at our house
today and forever...
In His Love,
Daniel Wright
Iron Man Oikodome
Proverbs 27:17

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