Have you ever had a desire to see someone famous? Has there been a specific famous person you would do almost anything to see? What did you do? Were you able to see them? Did it make you happy? Did you feel fulfilled? Do you desire to see Jesus in the same way?
We see people who are fanatic about seeing famous people. Some are willing to pay any price to see them. Some may even use violence to see them. Perhaps some of you have paid an exorbitant price or done something foolish to see someone famous.
There was madness when the Beatles first came to the U.S. Famous soccer players must have security details in some places in the world. There have been people who have been infatuated with movie stars and done outlandish things to be near them.
Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus badly. So much so that he ran ahead to climb a sycamore tree. It was not only his curiosity but being drawn to Jesus. Jesus had an aura about Him that drew people of all types to Him—the poor, the widows, the diseased, the broken, the curious, and those who wanted to learn from Him.
We should be drawn to Jesus like Zacchaeus. But since Jesus is not physically with us, many of us are only cursorily drawn to Him. To be drawn more to Him we must learn more about Him. As we learn more and spend more time with Him, we are drawn more to Him.
I pray we all seek to know more about Jesus. I pray we spend time with Him to grow closer to Him. I pray each one of us will be drawn to Jesus like Zacchaeus was. Seek to know more about Jesus. Spend time with Jesus. Be drawn to Jesus. Desire to see Jesus.
Luke 19:2-4 A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way.
Marty Pressey 