Our story (John 1:43-51) points us towards what it means to be a disciple and what it means to invite others into the way of Jesus.

Phillip invites his friend Nathanael to "come and see" Jesus, the promised Messiah. But Nathanael is skeptical, primarily because of where Jesus was born (Nazareth, a small backwater town in Galilee). “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. 

How often do we write off people, places, or things in our lives or in our world because we deem them too small, too insignificant, or too unattractive? Perhaps those are the very people, places, and things where God's light is shining.

Nathanael is compelled by Jesus' supernatural insight, but Jesus tells the disciples that they will see much greater things than than this; in Jesus, heaven and earth are coming together! 

We are invited to lay down our expectations and to "come and see" so that we may be a people who invite others to "come and see."