# 27 Better Than I Know Myself

Joh 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!" 48 Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." 49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!

Nathaniel, following up on Phillip’s invitation, comes to Jesus. He is going to check Him out. Jesus sees him coming and says to no one in particular, “Behold” (in other words, “check this guy out!”) “An Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile or deceit,”

Yup, what you see with Nathaniel is what you get! He is the Howard Cosell of the disciples! Nathaniel hides nothing, he tells it like he thinks it is. This greeting from Jesus blows him away! “How do you know me?” He asks, “How do you know such an intricate detail of my personality?” And that’s the thing folks. God knows every intricate detail about you and I, and Jesus, the Son of God, knows those details too.

The Psalmist writes in  Ps 44:21, “For He knows the secrets of the heart.” And in  Ps 94:11, “The LORD knows the thoughts of man,“ The Lord is omniscient! (all knowing) Nathaniel understood that part of the character of God and his natural response was to acknowledge Jesus as God and declare, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

But, it’s not just our personality that is known by Jesus. He also knows our thoughts, our secrets, and all our actions! (That should add some extra time to our confession of sins!)

Jesus numbers the very hairs on our head. He knows where we are. He knows what we are doing. He knows what we are thinking every minute of every day! Ps 139:8, “If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.”

From heaven to hell and every place in between,,,, He knows! (including the number of buds on that fig tree that Nathaniel was standing under before Phillip invited him to come and see Jesus.

God’s intimate knowledge of you ought to blow your socks off, like it blew off Nathaniel’s!  As the Psalmist states in  Ps 139:6, “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.”

God knows more about you than you can possibly know about yourself. Therefore, if you desire to know yourself more, where should you turn? Turn to Jesus!

Warning! The first thing He will show you is what a sinner you are and how much you need Him as your Savior!

Receive Him then as your Savior and follow Him as Lord!  Be like Nathaniel. Come to Him and see who you really are. Discover those plans God has for you!

Jer 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.