January
15, 2018 Monday
“When
Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here is a true
Israelite, in whom there is nothing false." "How do you know
me?" Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, "I saw you while you were still
under the fig-tree before Philip called you." Then Nathanael declared,
"Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." Jesus
said, "You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig-tree. You
shall see greater things than that." He then added, "I tell you the
truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and
descending on the Son of Man."” (John 1:47-51 NIV)
This is a by-pass verse in the Bible. What I mean is that if you by-pass this verse
you will miss a great lesson. The Bible
is full of mines that if you do not listen to will blow up in your face but if
you do listen to them you will safely travel through life.
There are so many ways Jesus could have welcomed Nathanael
but He chose a rather unique way. Jesus
defines Nathanael as a “true Israelite”. Then it really gets amazing as in
response to Nathanael Jesus replies “I saw you”!
I saw what you were doing earlier today gives us a moment
of awe and fear and causes us to look around.
Are we being stalked by a celestial being who wants to keep track of all
we do so he can judge us?
Or maybe our Father in Heaven is watching over His
children to either keep us from trouble or to be able to redeem us from
it? Maybe Jesus was telling Nathanael
that long before this moment of meeting that Jesus was already watching over
him?
To me this is affirmed as Jesus tells Nathanael more
wonderful than His watching over him is that through Jesus Nathanael will come
to be with Jesus and the Father in Heaven!
Do not by-pass the many blessings God has for you and
miss the love God has for you! May your soul rejoice that God has not by-passed
you! Share that joyous hope with those
you see around you so they will not by-pass God’s love for them!
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