A Beautiful account of the redemption of an individual, Zaccheus by name, is recorded in the nineteenth chapter of Luke. This man desired to see Jesus, but by reason of the crowds which thronged the Master he could not "because he was little of stature."
Willingness to deal with the Romans, the conquerors of his people, and to exploit his own rated the publican in the eyes of the Jews a despicable person. Yet Zaccheus, the despised and socially ostracized publican, felt a keen desire to see Jesus.
Between him and the gratification of his desire towered crowds of people thronging the Master as he journeyed on his way to keep the feast of the Passover at Jerusalem. But this astute little man, accustomed to sharp practices, found a way: he "ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree."
