“He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.” Luke 3:4 (NIV)
This morning in church I was seated beside a couple with their little girl of about seven years old. The little girl changed places during the service a couple of times because at her height she was unable to see the stage and the lyrics on the big screen. At some point, her daddy strategically placed his right foot sideways and elevated the toes, and told his baby girl to climb on his foot so she could see better. The child was so happy that she was then able to see what she could not see before. Her eyes lit up, and a smile decorated her chubby cheeks as she smiled at her dad.
As I witnessed this scene, I immediately thought of Zacchaeus, the tax collector from Luke 19. Zacchaeus was said to be a wealthy man, a tax collector. Yet, as Jesus passed through the town of Jericho, the man of short stature could not see Him through the crowd, so he ran and climbed a tree in order to see the Lord. And the story gets better! Jesus, upon reaching that spot, looked up and said to Zacchaeus, “Come down from there, Zacchaeus, because today I am going to your house!”
On that day, Zacchaeus was blessed not only by having Jesus call out to him, but he also experienced salvation. Notorious for extorting people, that man confessed right there and then that he was in the wrong and immediately proposed a solution to the Lord. He offered to give half of his possessions to the poor and to return to people fourfold what he had taken from them.
A sinner repenting; a wrongdoer confessing his wrong actions and turning to the Lord. Zacchaeus, the shorty, now stands tall beside the Savior, with his heart and his hands clean from the sin that had been binding him.
Are you struggling to see the Lord through your little faith? Fear not! He sees you!
“Abba, Your presence is always with us. You are all-knowing. And you care. Thank You, Lord.”
For His Glory
Luska Suzano
TRBC Women’s Life
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