Who Do You Say That I Am? After much instruction, story-telling, miracles, encounters, and prayer, Jesus finally asks two big questions to his disciples – Who do people say the Son of Man is? And Who do you say that I am. Whenever Jesus asks questions in the Gospels, it often has a way of marking an important teaching or an important moment, so we should pay attention. Questions are how Jesus can gauge how his mission in the world is going. Are the disciples and the people understanding who Jesus is? What do they say about him and what he is doing? Who do they say he is?

Confessing Christ gives us a new identity with self” – Matthew 10:32. We all have an identity with other people. We all have blind spots. Other people see things in us that we don’t see in ourselves. Some of those things are virtuous and some of those things not so much. But for a Christian, Jesus desires that our confession be set amidst others. Part of that is to a firm the strength of our faith. Yet, part of it is to encourage others in the truth of Jesus’s identity. And when we do that guess what happens? Our own identity is shaped in a remarkably beautiful mold.

I wonder what we would say if Jesus asked us the question, “Who do you say that I am?”

Prayer: Loving God, lead us to be bold and to profess who you are so that we can be the rocks upon which you build the church. Guide our ears, eyes, mouth, hands, and feet that we may engage in your mission in the world. Amen.