Scrambling up the sycamore tree, Zacchaeus had no idea what awaited him. Before the day ended, he would take up a life following Jesus and give up half his possessions to the poor. An encounter with Jesus is so life altering that we are never again the same. Another thing happens in Luke’s account of Zacchaeus and Jesus. We sang it as kids. Remember in the little Sunday School song, “…for I’m going to your house today. Yes, I’m going to your house today.” In the original language of the New Testament, the word Jesus used for “I must stay…