Zacchaeus

He ran ahead and found a good spot to view to make sure his vertically challenged body is no hindrance to seeing for himself the truth.

The only time we might justify running ahead of God, is to be able to catch a better view of Him and at a vantage point.

Why should we?

Don’t we want to if someone we know is getting recognised by a King? Wouldn’t we want to if our idol [singer, dancer, actor ???] is nearby? If a favourite drama is enacted, would we want to have vantage view? Certainly we would want to climb to a higher point, when we are trying to locate someone we lost in a crowd?

I think the motivation needs no explanation ie why did short Zacchaeus run up at tree?

If we know what it is we might be missing and that we might not have another chance to experience it again, we would all do the same as Zacchaeus…..