 And Zacchaeus does exactly that he overcomes the opinions of people and then he has a second problem Okay, people you don't want to let me see Jesus But then Zacchaeus has a problem with Zacchaeus because Zacchaeus is very short And so to see Jesus he has to jump and as you could probably imagine his jumping skills were not at his highest So he cannot see Jesus because of his own short statue Your second biggest thing that Satan will use to keep you from Jesus Is to tell you that your shortcomings Your weaknesses Your small statue the things you don't measure up at and we all are aware of our shortcomings when we come to church Sometimes we're aware of our shortcomings when somebody gets up and shares the testimony of how tall they are and you realize Yourself you're so short like God doesn't like people like me I'll never be a home group leader. God will never use me God will never bless me because I am so short And that's when the devil stands there. You don't realize it's the devil You think it's you you think it's the reality speaking, but it's the devil using your reality tells you this you are worthless Go back home keep using that pull up bar and do pull ups so you can be taller But the devil is a liar. God does not only accept tall people and high people He accepts short people guilty people sinners He accepts all kinds of people who can only be saved by his grace And I love Zacchaeus because he didn't try to go Stretch himself to go taller Zacchaeus did not try harder to see Jesus We have this in our culture today where we encourage people who are struggling to try harder. It's a good advice But if you tried hard Trying harder won't help you if you tried hard to quit that which you're struggling with I'm gonna help you to set you free trying harder won't help Let's learn from Zacchaeus. Don't try harder if you tried hard try different It's not about trying harder It's about trying different He finds a tree and though he did not grow taller. He got higher He climbs on the tree and now Same Zacchaeus with the same problem with the same sin and the same weakness and the same shortcoming Except now Jesus passes him by and says Zacchaeus and he calls him by name and they have an eye contact and they start a Relationship and a friendship. Why not because Zacchaeus tried harder. It's because Zacchaeus tried different If you've come to the end of your robe, you've tried your best to change your life The news at the goodness church today is not try harder. It's not push harder It's not put one more thing on your plate to do. It's try something completely different Don't try anything at all come to the cross and Don't strive but surrender Don't push but lay down Don't carry but drop it completely different But it works