Luke 19: Choose to walk in as a Guest and not as food for Lions!

1Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

5When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." 6So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

7All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.' "

8But 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."

9Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

Steven used this passage during worship leading this morning. As i listen, God prompted me something else..
many times in the past couple of years, as i thought about leaving the church office to work in the entertainment industry, i always feel like i'm walking into lion's den. i need to be prepared for it. i need to have my guards up, i need to be prepared for hardship or to be wallup by the merciless lions...
but as Steven shared this morning, the Holy Spirit dropped into my heart to correct me.
not all the time it would be lion's den. it could be like Jesus - a special guest among the 'lions' it depend on whether i see them as lions or as friends.
wow... this really broke my wrong perspective and caused me to admit that without me realising, i was taking the 'world' as lions and if i do tat, i wont be able to reach them because my perspective of them is totally messed up.
wow.. this revelation changed my mind! hehe... thanks, PASTOR Steven! you're the star!!