Christ Jesus, help me real-ize you as the Son of the Living God, and savior of all…

 
Matthew 16:13-20

 
It is easy to say that I am a baptized Christian, a follower of Jesus.  But if Jesus truly is the Son of the Living God, and the Redeemer of the world, as St. Peter stated, and I am claiming allegiance to Him, how does that impact my life?  If the “One of Great Grace” (see Discourse about Little Faith in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress) is truly the Saviour of all that is, including humankind, He has, He does, and He will transform cowardice into courage, despair into hope, despondency into lively action, and ultimately death into life.  Do I real-ly know this? Do I real-ly live into this truth? It does us good to take time to pause and hear the Master ask us who we know Him to be.  When Jesus pulls me off road to the shoulder of my journey, or perhaps even meets up with me at a rest stop, and asks me The Question: Who do you say I am…?”, what will my answer be? Will I answer resentfully, ‘what do you want?’ or ‘what’s wrong?’ Or will I see his clear eyes and wise face, and answer as Peter did, “You are  the Christ, the Son of the living God”?   Do I believe beyond the shadow of doubt that Jesus is the Redeemer of all things, (i.e. the Christ, the Messiah) and the Son of the Living God? Do I bring this into being -or real-ize –this with my life?  Christ Jesus, help me real-ize that you are the Son of the Living God, the Saviour of all.     
 
Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life.  (Peter quoted in John 6:67)
 
Look for Christ and you will find him.  And in Him, everything else.
C. S. Lewis
 
Soli ad gloriam Dei
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