You are the Son of God. John 1:49

There's not a lot of information about Nathanael.  It seems he was alone in a clump of trees.  Maybe he went there every day because it was a private place where he could speak to God in prayer.  Maybe on this day he'd been thinking about the words of Psalm 32:2.  There's a clue of this in the story.

Nathaniel wasn't very interested when Jesus' disciples told him they had found the special Person God was going to send.  But when Jesus said to him 'you were under the fig tree', Nathaniel reacted.  The Bible doesn't explain why he responded the way he did.  He burst out with words of praise, saying to Jesus, 'You are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel.'

Read John 1:43-50 and see if you can figure out why Nathaniel answered Jesus that way.  Do you think Jesus knew what Nathaniel was saying (even thinking) under the olive tree?

That's how Nathaniel became a follower of Jesus.  Are you a follower of Jesus?

Prayer: Lord, You are the Son of God.  Thank You for coming to earth to die for me and be my Savior.  Amen.