"Who do you say that I am?" (Matthew 16:15)
Jesus asks his disciples, "Who do you say that I am?" It initially seems like such a simple question for us today. However, Peter was the first one who really had to wrestle with this question. Peter had to answer in a time when there were many people against Jesus. In fact, in a time when there were people actively plotting against Jesus' life. So, for Peter to answer with "You are the Christ, the son of the God, the Living One." That's profound. It's a profound use of words hitting the mark for who Jesus truly is.
Yet with this seemingly simple question for us . . . it is yet still profound for us today. I feel like we take this for granted in so many ways. We are able to say that Jesus is Christ, Jesus is the son of God, Jesus is risen. We are able to say those things so easily. Yet, to truly believe them. To truly understand the magnitude of what that means. And to truly act like it matters. That is profound.
I pray that we can let this question place some uneasiness in our lives. I pray that we can let Jesus' request for our personal answer stir some passion within each of us to live out our answer. If we can answer like Peter does "Jesus, you are the Christ, the son of the God, the Living One," then I pray that we can serve him with every breath we take and follow him with every movement of our lives.
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