Prejudice strikes deep into the human heart. Prejudice colors our vision and clouds our judgment and becomes the fertile soil for hypocrisy. Whether the prejudice be political, ethnic, socio-economic or any other type, it often yields disastrous results. I look to Nathanael to see the danger of prejudice, the danger being blindness to our own hypocrisies. He probably thought he was right to judge the Nazarene being introduced to him. He probably thought that he was being "discerning" in who he would follow. If asked, he would probably say that he respected Nazarenes, but not the Nazarene lifestyle, much like prejudices go today. And his quick judgment nearly left him on the wayside of following Jesus. Fortunately, he was curious enough to overcome the prejudice and see what Jesus was all about. Nathanael would then confess Jesus right upon seeing Him. Thank God that our hearts can be transformed.
When Nathanael saw Jesus, Jesus saw right back into Nathanael and saw what God intended for his life. He saw a man who was not intended to be blinded by prejudice- he was a man intended for truth (and Truth).
You are also intended for Truth. May we all be open to it today.
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