A sycamore tree...

the view from
here is
perfect...

if I lean just
enough to
the left
I might catch
a glimpse
of this king
of kings
i've heard so much
about

but a
sycamore tree...
really
Zaccheus?

we feed sycamore pods
to swine
and this is the
tree you would
choose...

a sycamore tree...
really?

oh yes,
you
have much, but
no amount of
money can compensate for
alll you have
done to
get where you
are

do you really
think that he will
notice you,
a sinner...

we
can see you
there

in your sycamore tree...

but really?

a sycamore tree...

sycamore,
oak,
olive,
elm,
cedar,
maple...

I will go wherever I
need to go,
I will scale the bark of this
mottled tree,
I will cling to her branches
and hang from
her limbs
if only....

what little man...

what do you
wish for
from this
king of kings

I wish to be
a better man...
to be new,
for a clean slate
a fresh start
a way to begin again...

a sycamore tree though...
really?

anything,
anywhere,
any type of tree...the more
humbling
the better...

and so I climb
and cling
and wait...

for Him
to see me
to call me to him
to ask me to
do
whatever he will
ask me to do

better yet,
I will offer
half of my goods,
return what I
have taken...

fourfold...

Here he comes
I will
wait...

not for him...

but on him...

I will wait on him
hand and
foot...

oh yes,
and heart...

from a sycamore
tree. 


Thanks to Jeff Clark who shared this insight from the Easton Bible Dictionary of 1897:

"The sycamore tree, climbed by Zacchaeus, was considered "unclean" because it bore a fruit that was fed to pigs. In the culture of the time it was humiliating for Zacchaeus to climb that tree."

And here is a link to The Solo Committee's song: Zaccheus