This is the fourth of seven posts highlighting lessons we can learn from a variety of different Bible characters. [From Luke 19:1-10]   It’s a warm day in Jericho; the city is bustling as usual with people traveling through and doing business in town. Zacchaeus is glad that he’s the chief tax collector here, for Jericho is a wealthy city. A very wealthy city. This wealth provides extra revenue for the royal family, and also a fat living for people such as himself. As the overseer of the town’s tax collection process, he lives extremely well. He’s at the top of a financial pyramid (sort of like modern-day multi-level marketing) with tax collectors who work for him, and he gets a cut of every transaction. The system is corrupt, so he fleeces his own people, who are helpless and have no way to complain or push back. At least from a financial perspective, life is good for Zacchaeus. But today, Zacchaeus has more than money on his mind. Jesus will be passing through town a...