All of chapter 18 was about people seeking Jesus. The children came, the rich young man came and the blind man came. This scene is no different. Zacchaeus was seeking to see this itinerant preacher as he passed through. Jesus apparently had no plans of stopping as the context says he was passing through the town. But his plans changed.
As the procession marched deliberately towards Jerusalem, Jesus stopped and let Zachaeus know that God has seen his heart. Jesus spends time with Zacchaeus. Then Jesus in defense of Zacchaeus and his own actions, proclaims "The Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost."
Suddenly the paradox hits home. The children, the rich man, the blind man and Zacchaeus have all been seeking him. Now he proclaims that he, the Son of Man, has been the one doing the seeking all along.
God is seeking seekers.
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