It is easy to miss the Savior when you are focused on the crowd.

The streets of Jericho were chaotic. People pushed and shoved to get a glimpse of Jesus.

But there is a difference between looking at a celebrity and looking unto a lifeline.

Zacchaeus was short. He could not see over the crowd, but he was desperate to see Jesus.

In the wilderness, poisonous snakes bit the Israelites. God told Moses to lift up a bronze serpent.

“And so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.” Numbers 21:9

Those who focused on their wounds died. Those who stared at the snakes died as well.

Only those who looked to the remedy lived.

Zacchaeus climbed a tree to get that view. He separated himself from the crowd to get a clear line of sight. And because he was looking for Jesus, he discovered that Jesus was already looking for him.

“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Luke 19:10

The noise around you today does not matter. Social media opinions do not matter. The crowd is a distraction.

One look is all it takes.

Look at the cure, not the wound.