Encountering God (The Zacchaeus Story)
“ For My thoughts are not your thoughts nor are your ways My ways” says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts” Isa. 55:8-9 (NKJV ) Encounter means counter-acting collision between two persons which cause a change in the lives and direction of one of the person. It also means meeting face-to-face unexpectedly or suddenly. Encounter is needed in our walk as believers as it would help us have a clean heart Jer. 17:9-10. All those who became friends of God did not become so suddenly; they became so as a result of their encounter with God. God’s plans and ways are made known to a man within the circumference of an encounter. Have I encountered God? This is the question every one of us as believers should always ask ourselves. Encounter is not just a one-time experience; it is a life-long experience. There are levels of our encounter with God; we have the saving/salvation encounter. This is the encoun