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WEDNESDAY, September 29 Saint Michael and All Angels
John 1:47-51. Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?”
Nathanael had been brought to Jesus by Philip, who first had prepared him to meet the man he thought must be the Messiah. Although not convinced, Nathanael was greeted by our Lord with the comment, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” Completely disarmed, Nathanael responded with the question, “Where did you get to know me?” It was easy from then on for Nathanael to follow Jesus. People like to feel that others think well of them.
But Jesus did not want an easy victory. Commitment required more than that. So following that brief exchange, Jesus told Nathanael that he would see much more before he was really converted.
Many people join a church because of the friendly interest shown in them by a church member. Christian conviction, however, is not easily gained. It comes after we really yield to the living Lord and experience his sustaining grace in the trials we bear. God always knows us; what is more important, do we really know God, through his Son, Jesus Christ? (1964)
PRAY for the Diocese of Ideato (Province of Owerri, Nigeria)
Ps 103 or 103:19-22; Genesis 28:10-17; Revelation 12:7-12
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