We may say that living in the city is like living in a concrete jungle and the pace of life is too fast and too stressful.
Especially in a small city-state like Singapore, where there is almost no country-side to talk about, we may dream of how nice it would be to go back to nature.
But in reality, we would prefer the conveniences of the city rather than the fresh air of the country-side.
In the gospel, when Nathaniel asked “Can anything good come from that place (Nazareth)”, it was because Nazareth is so far up north that no one expects anything great to come from there.
And here is where God shows again and again that He slowly removes our presumptions and assumptions as well as our opinionated thinking.
In a rather casual way, Jesus made Nathaniel change his thinking and even gave him a revelation.
God continues to reveal His wonders in the ordinary and also in the unexpected.
Let us ask Jesus to slowly remove our presumptions and assumptions and also our expectations, so that we can truly see and understand what God is revealing to us.