Zacchaeus

Most of us know about Zacchaeus - you know because they wrote a song about him - remember, "the wee little man". Some people can relate to him because he was small of stature, but there is another characteristic about old Zach that really impresses me. Consider the storyline if you would for just a moment. Jesus is passing by and there is a great crowd of people trying to see him. Obviously, Zacchaeus couldn't see over them and they wouldn't let him pass through, because he wasn't very well loved in the area since he was a tax collector. But, that didn't stop him. Nothing do, but Zacchaeus climbed up in a tree so he could get a good look at Jesus. Of course, we know that when Jesus passed by, He stopped and Zacchaeus met Jesus personally and spiritually. I admire the persistence of Zacchaeus. He wasn't going to let anything stand in his way. Today, we are more prone to make excuses for not being able to come to Jesus than we are to make arrangements so that we can. Zacchaeus could have pushed on the crowd a couple of times and then say, "oh well, I tried". Let's learn something for a little friend and make big efforts to please God. His efforts literally changed his life, for all of eternity. Who knows what our efforts might do?