"How Do You Know Me?"

John 1:43-51 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.” Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”  “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip. When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”  “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 will see greater things than that.” He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on.’     

I love what Nathanael says when Jesus addresses him, “How do you know me?” Do you ever ask Jesus that? Do you ever think about that? God, Jesus, who calls us to follow Him, knows all about us. We may ask Him how, or where He knows us from, secretly hoping that it’s not from THERE or over THERE; places we’ve been that we shouldn’t have.

But think about this, maybe if you hadn’t been to those places, Jesus wouldn’t be calling you.

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