Little Of Stature

I am a short girl. Less then 5 feet. Shameful? Yeah, it was. But now I am okay with it. In fact, I see myself nowadays better because I don't rely on my height to realize how loved I am. I think that's exactly what happend to this short man called Zacchaeus. 

In Luke 19 we find the story of this short little man who wanted so much to see Jesus, but because of the press, he could not take a glance at the Savior. What were him to do? 

Sometimes I feel like - and I think YOU, dear reader, might relate to that - Jesus is not looking down on me. Sometimes I feel like He does not care or is not aware of my problems. That's when I feel the need of calling His attention to me. 

In Luke 19:4 we see that Zacchaeus climbed up into a sycomore tree. That was His way of calling the Lord's attention to him. That was his way of making himself noticed. 

How can we learn form Zacchaeus? How can we also call the Lord's attention to us? 

My first immediate answer would be prayer. Through prayer we can make ourselves heard and noticed. It is our channel of communication with the Lord. Prayer opens the doors of heaven. Knowing we are God's children makes a great difference in the way we pray. We know we will be heard and aswered. We also know our problems and afflictions will be taken in consideration. We climb our sycomore tree when we pray with faith. 

We also climb our tree when we fast. Fasting is a key step into making ourselves and our problems noticed. It's a way of making the Lord look down on us. Our sacrifice will bring us the heavenly help we need. We will feel closer to the Lord. The Holy Spirit will comfort us during our trials. 

Coming back to Luke 19 we see that the Savior did notice Zacchaeus. Verse 5 tells us Jesus saw him and told him to come down. My favorite part in this verse is when Jesus tells him "for to day I must abide at thy house"

It does not matter how small we may feel. The Lord is aware of our condition, our trials, our burden. He will lift it up for us and help us along the way. But of course, we should not just lay down and expect Him to do it all without us CALLING Him. Prayer is not to be taken for granted.  Faithful prayer can perform miracles when it is combined with fasting. That's how we climb our sycomore tree. The Lord wil look at us and bless us and abide with us. 

Verses 9 and 10 show us what happenned to Zacchaeus and what can happen to us if only we look for the Savior:

"And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and save that which was lost."