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Today Gospel Reading Jn1:47-51
Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?”
Jesus answered and said to him,
"Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree."
We are never told what Nathanael is doing under the fig tree. He could have been praying, dealing honestly with someone, sleeping. Whatever it was Jesus saw him as a true child of Israel.
How does Jesus see us? How does He know us? Do we know Him?
I would like to believe that Jesus sees me as a true child of God. I would like to believe that He knows me because I pray everyday, multiple times a day. However my priest reminded us about something on Sunday, it is not just that we pray, it is how we pray.
If we only pray because we want something do we really know Him, and what does He learn about us. That we are great pray-ers in times of need, that we know Him but unless our life is in turmoil or we are in need we don’t have time for Him. Do we say thank you? Do we acknowledge from whence our help came.
I pray in want and need, we all do at many points in our lives, we do also need to remember to pray in thanksgiving. To have Jesus know us, for us to know Him, to have a relationship with Him is to spend time with Him. In the good and the bad, sickness and in health. Say good morning, good evening, good night, talk about your day, quietly listen for Him. We are allowed to ask for but it is also good to just say hey.
There is this song “I just called to say I love you”. Sometimes that is all we need to do.
Lord I love You, Thank You for this day.
Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?”
Jesus answered and said to him,
"Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree."
We are never told what Nathanael is doing under the fig tree. He could have been praying, dealing honestly with someone, sleeping. Whatever it was Jesus saw him as a true child of Israel.
How does Jesus see us? How does He know us? Do we know Him?
I would like to believe that Jesus sees me as a true child of God. I would like to believe that He knows me because I pray everyday, multiple times a day. However my priest reminded us about something on Sunday, it is not just that we pray, it is how we pray.
If we only pray because we want something do we really know Him, and what does He learn about us. That we are great pray-ers in times of need, that we know Him but unless our life is in turmoil or we are in need we don’t have time for Him. Do we say thank you? Do we acknowledge from whence our help came.
I pray in want and need, we all do at many points in our lives, we do also need to remember to pray in thanksgiving. To have Jesus know us, for us to know Him, to have a relationship with Him is to spend time with Him. In the good and the bad, sickness and in health. Say good morning, good evening, good night, talk about your day, quietly listen for Him. We are allowed to ask for but it is also good to just say hey.
There is this song “I just called to say I love you”. Sometimes that is all we need to do.
Lord I love You, Thank You for this day.