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Ever Felt Like God Doesn't See You? | 4th of July
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We see the goodness of the One who sees us– and we want Him to be seen by others
Nathanael has long been convinced he is called to build a synagogue for the worship of God.
We don’t find this part of the story in the Bible, but it’s a creative interpretation to explain Jesus’s response to Nathanael as having “no deceit” in him.
Nathanael cries out to God in despair and quotes
Psalm 102:1-2
Hear my prayer, Lord;
Let my cry for help come to you.
Do not hide your face from me
when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
John 1:43-46 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” 44Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown. 45Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”
46“Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
“Come and see for yourself,” Philip replied.
“What’s true about Nathanael is true about us all...”
1. We cry out to be seen by God. - a fig tree was a quiet place to get loud with God.
Where do you go to be heard and to be seen?
Have you been there lately?
Do you have a dream that seems to be burning to ash?
Do you wonder if he sees you?
2. God cries out through Jesus, so that he might be seen by us.
“I saw you while you were still under the fig tree.”
God wanted Nathanael to see a call greater than the building of a local synagogue.
As it was true for Nathanael, it’s true for us: we are seen by God.
But do we see God?
3. God cries out through us, so that he might be seen by others.
John 1:43-46 - The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” 44Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown.
45Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”
46“Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
“Come and see for yourself,” Philip replied.
The journey we make is often as follows:
- We ask of God, “Do you see me?”
- And God asks of us, “Do you see me?”
-“Will you help others see me?”
God not only seeks to do a work in us, but also through us.
Who have you seen in your life who is crying out to be seen by God?
How can you help others see that they are seen?
How can you help them see God?
We see the goodness of the One who sees us– and we want Him to be seen by others
Nathanael has long been convinced he is called to build a synagogue for the worship of God.
We don’t find this part of the story in the Bible, but it’s a creative interpretation to explain Jesus’s response to Nathanael as having “no deceit” in him.
Nathanael cries out to God in despair and quotes
Psalm 102:1-2
Hear my prayer, Lord;
Let my cry for help come to you.
Do not hide your face from me
when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
when I call, answer me quickly.
John 1:43-46 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” 44Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown. 45Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”
46“Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
“Come and see for yourself,” Philip replied.
“What’s true about Nathanael is true about us all...”
1. We cry out to be seen by God. - a fig tree was a quiet place to get loud with God.
Where do you go to be heard and to be seen?
Have you been there lately?
Do you have a dream that seems to be burning to ash?
Do you wonder if he sees you?
2. God cries out through Jesus, so that he might be seen by us.
“I saw you while you were still under the fig tree.”
God wanted Nathanael to see a call greater than the building of a local synagogue.
As it was true for Nathanael, it’s true for us: we are seen by God.
But do we see God?
3. God cries out through us, so that he might be seen by others.
John 1:43-46 - The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” 44Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown.
45Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”
46“Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
“Come and see for yourself,” Philip replied.
The journey we make is often as follows:
- We ask of God, “Do you see me?”
- And God asks of us, “Do you see me?”
-“Will you help others see me?”
God not only seeks to do a work in us, but also through us.
Who have you seen in your life who is crying out to be seen by God?
How can you help others see that they are seen?
How can you help them see God?
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