It is a very blessed thing to have fellowship with Christ, but it would be a very ill result of our communion with Him if it led any one of us to say, "Now I shall not go back to my service any more. I shall not go to my class again. I might be provoked by the scholars; I might be careless there, and so I might lose the fellowship I am now enjoying with Jesus. I shall not go and preach again. I shall stay at home and have communion with Christ all the day." I knew one brother who got into such a condition that he really thought that to see the face of his people on the Lord's Day robbed Him of fellowship with Christ!
3Hinahangad niyang makita kung sino si Jesus. Hindi niya ito magawa dahil sa napakaraming tao, sapagkat siya ay mababa. 4At tumakbo siya sa unahan at umakyat sa isang puno ng sikamoro upang makita si Jesus sapagkat sa daang iyon daraan si Jesus. 5Nang dumating si Jesus sa dakong iyon, tumingala siya at nakita niya si Zaqueo. Sinabi ni Jesus sa kaniya: Zaqueo, magmadali kang bumaba sapagkat sa araw na ito ay kinakailangang manatili ako sa iyong bahay. 6Nagmamadali siyang bumaba at nagagalak niyang tinanggap si Jesus. 7Nang makita ito ng lahat, nagbulung-bulungan sila. Kanilang sinabi: Manunuluyan siya sa isang makasalanan.