Saturday, November 9, 2002
Saturday, November 9, 2002
When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry
and come down; for I must stay at your house today."
Zaccheus reminds me of a story that former coach John
Madden tells about Jim Burt, a professional football player with
the New York Giants. Jim was an All-American at the University of
Miami (Florida), but he was ignored in the NFL draft. He had to
talk the Giants into signing him. At training camp, he heard
that when a rookie was cut by a team, an equipment boy would
knock on the door of his room and tell him to go see the coach.
"You know what Jim did?" Bill Parcells, the Giants'
coach, told Madden. "Jim slept on the floor under his bed. He
figured if somebody came to his room but couldn't find him, he
wouldn't get cut." Parcell found out about Burt's strange but
determined strategy when he asked him why he looked like he
wasn't getting any sleep. Burt told the coach he had been
sleeping on the floor the last five nights. That's determination.
In Christ, there is both hope and determination.
(Luke 19.5
NRSV)
A chief tax-collector does not climb trees unless he is
desperate. It's hard to maintain your dignity while shimmying up
a sycamore. But there Zaccheus was. Small of stature, there was
no other way he could behold the Master passing by. And he was
determined that if there was any hope at all for him, he was not
going to miss this opportunity.
Dear God, show me your hope and termination in Jesus Christ. Amen.
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