Nathanael asked, ‘How do you know me?’ Jesus replied, ‘Before Philip came to call you, I saw you under the fig tree.’ (John 1:48)
Nathanael was conquered by the words of Jesus when the Lord declared to him that He Had seen him under the fig tree even before Philip had called him. Dear brothers and sisters, Jesus wishes to tell us that He knows us more intimately than we know ourselves - no thought of ours escapes His all-perceiving gaze. Our hearts, minds and every thought of ours lies bare before His eyes. Like Nathanael, let us hesitate no longer, but open and give ourselves up to Him Who knows us all.