There’s an old saying, never judge a book by it’s cover.

Don’t think you know everything about a situation too quickly. There’s always more to know, more to understand, things you don’t see.

Don’t make judgements too quickly, before you know what’s going on.

I thought of that as I read this morning from the first chapter of John

43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.” 46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

Nathanael almost missed Jesus this morning. He always missed his salvation, he almost missed the great thing God wanted to do, he almost missed the very hope for his life.

Why?

Because he had his mind made up already.  He just knew that nothing good come from Nazareth.  Nothing worth anything could come from there.

He knew it.

And, because of that, he almost missed what God wanted to do.

Thankfully, he had a friend that was willing to love him and take him to Jesus.

Today, let’s not be too hasty to have our minds made up about everything.  Let’s be open to new potential and new dreams.  Let’s see what new thing God may be  up to.

Let’s see what could happen in ways that we don’t understand.  Let’s not make up our mind too fast.

Let’s be willing to follow Jesus in new ways. Let’s try new things.  Let’s not be too quick to judge.

Even if we think nothing good can come from Nazareth.  Let’s not make up our minds too quickly.

God may be trying to do something new. Let’s see what He is up to.