#540: "Rescue Me” by We The Kingdom

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Send us Fan Mail 📥 Download the free Episode Guide: 👉 michellenezat.com/540download One line from We The Kingdom's "Rescue Me" — "I've been climbing the branches, but I still can't see" — sends us straight to Luke 19 and the story of Zacchaeus. But this isn't the children's song version. In this episode, we dig into Zacchaeus's story the way an author would dig into a short story: character, setting, conflict, and arc. And we ask the question every "rescue me" prayer eventually has to answer — rescued from what, and rescued to what? In this episode, you'll discover: • Why the real conflict in Luke 19 isn't bloodline vs. faith, but a question of who holds the authority to grant or revoke sonship • What Zacchaeus's offer in verse 8 reveals about the internal battle he was really fighting • Why his pursuit of Jesus was vertical, not horizontal — and why that distinction matters • How rescue is never just "from" something — it's always from something to something • Practical Bible Interaction Tool Exercises (BITEs) you can use to study this story for yourself, including storying, word study, and imagination Scriptures referenced: Luke 19:1–10, Luke 18:35–43, Galatians 3:7–9 Purc