You are well able to live out the calling that God has put on your heart.  Not kind of able.  Not somewhat proficient.  You, as Paul says in Romans 8, are MORE Than A Conqueror.

This is not a neat cliche written on a poster.  It is a promise from the Living God.  

And today I am challenging you, should this apply to you, to RISE UP and be who God has called you to be.

There must have been a lack of hope living inside of Nathanael.  He must have been wondering what God truly had for him.  And he must have been wondering if God REALLY SAW HIM.  I am definitely not reading this as a Biblical Scholar.  I am reading it as a man who is simply investigating the scriptures and living out my pursuit of the Savior as best I can.  So … I might be wrong.  But I think Nathanael is having one of those “come to Jesus” moments and asking God if He can truly see him.  I think he is putting God to the test.  And God answers him in a big, and mighty, way.

John 1  47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false.”

48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.”

50 Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that.”51  He then added, “I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

God is focused on you.  He knows you.  He knows your highs … and your lows.  And He is for you.

God has put dreams in your heart and plans on your mind.  He has given you things that you have pursued.  And, let’s be honest, you have pursued things that have broken your heart.

But one thing remains.

And that one thing is the loyalty of the Living God.

Paul tells us in Hebrews 11 that “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see”.  And God tells us that we might feel alone, but that we are not alone.  Yes, we might be crying out under a fig tree, and challenging God to show up … but God is there all along.  And His pursuit of us is non-ending and without fail.

So rise up.

Your destiny is not a certainty … it is a God-given opportunity.  Your choices will determine your legacy.

So …

Get Up … And Fight …

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J