WHO DO YOU SAY JESUS IS?
"But what about you?"
he asked. "Who do you say I am?"
1. Jesus is many
things to many people. A possible poll today might include: A great spiritual
leader, the Messiah, God himself, or even a hippie Jew.
2. While we spend
a lot of time maintaining and worrying about our public image, it is the person
who we share our personal life with that really knows us best. For Jesus, Peter
was one of those people. Peter encountered Jesus when Jesus told him to let his net
down for a miraculous catch of fish after a failed night of fishing. Peter was
given a new hope when Jesus called him to fish for people. After this, he could
not but say, “You are the
Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
3. Even as Christians, sometimes we only know Jesus as we are
expected to know him. But Jesus wants us to know him as God knows who we truly
are and loves us. We can do that when we open our heart and life to him and
experience his truly life-giving Spirit in our own life. It is God who speaks
into our own hearts who Jesus is to us. If we let him, he can save us from
whatever failure, shame, or sin we find ourselves in.
Prayer Lord, I want to
experience your grace on my life and struggle. I want to know your power to
heal and transform me.
One Word Who is Jesus to you?
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