Before I Loved Him

Source: Pete Orta

Zacchaeus was a man that knew how to leverage what he had. Taking advantage of every opportunity for the sake of himself. But after one day with Jesus everything he possessed lost all it’s value. Immediately there was a transformation and a renewing of his mind. He was transformed by Christ, and there was no question about it.

Like Zacchaeus, I had an encounter with Jesus one night that would change my life forever. In one moment everything I knew lost it’s value. And the next moment I had homeless teenagers sleeping on my living room floor. This experience has made me retract all the other days I said I knew Christ.

This transformation is evident every time Jesus enters into someone’s life. I use to call on God to save me from feeling pain. I needed a spiritual morphine that would comfort me while I recovered from a self inflicted injury. But something was different about the night Jesus came to my house. Before He arrived, I came to a place where I hated what I had gained from the world. And for the first time in my life I felt Jesus love me before I loved him. This revelation was the difference that saved my soul.

In Christ & In Triumph,

Pete Orta

pastor @ In Triumph
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Bible reference: Luke 19:1-10 + 1 John 4:19