A Seemingly Small Revelation...

In John 1:48-50, Nathanael asked Jesus, "How do you know me?" "Jesus answered, "I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you." Upon hearing Jesus response, "Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel."

What a strange response. What stirred Nathanael to declare Jesus as the Son of God...the King of Israel...from such a seemingly small revelation?

Was Nathanael hungry for recognition? Was his soul starving for the miraculous? Did he long to know his life mattered? That someone noticed him? That JESUS would single him out and know where he was in the smallest details of his life?

Hard to say what provoked Nathanael to readily declare "YOU are the SON of GOD."

Yet, I know in my own life, its the  moments I feel the most insignificant that Jesus surprises me the most. The moments where I feel "unnoticed." The moments that seem common and ordinary...but HE shows up and whispers "I see you. I saw you at the school. I saw you tuck your kids in bed. I saw your slow response to anger. I noticed YOU in the grocery line..." and gently reminds me that HE sees ME! WOW!

Friend, to God...we are NOT obscure. And though our life is here to honor HIM and be spent for HIM (not on our own desires), I am so grateful that HE is intricately intertwined in our "everyday."

Be encouraged. God sees you! He sees you in your marriage. He sees you in your work place. He notices you in your going outs and your coming ins. Your circumstances do NOT escape His notice. May our faith be stirred to know...that we are NEVER alone.

Jeremiah 31:3-4 declares a promise; it says:  "The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness. I will build you up again and you will be rebuilt..." (NIV)