Any of you ever experience FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out.  I have a little bit right now as our students are on the Rush trip.  I have been at Rush probably 15 times and it is always an awesome experience where God does amazing things in the lives of students.  As I was praying for them this AM it occurred to me that we often look forward to God working in special places or at special events but the Bible is actually filled with stories of God working in the every day mundane activity of life.  Let’s look together at Luke 15 today.

Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. 5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. 7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.” 8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Zacchaeus’ FOMO led him to climb a tree so he could see who this Jesus really was.  His every day ordinary act of climbing a tree led to Jesus, a dinner party, and ultimately his salvation.  God’s word to me this morning and to all of us is not to wait for the “special” times where God shows up and works but look for Him in the midst of the every day.  God is always at work in our lives sometimes when we least expect it.