A Reflection On Jesus

When I need to affirm who He really is

We must ask ourselves the very question Jesus asked His disciples: Who do we really—deep in our hearts—believe Jesus is? This answer must be more than theology in our heads; it must be the truth that grips our hearts.

When your situation is dire—a relationship has broken, finances are looking impossibly bleak, a disease is pronounced incurable, or tragedy strikes a loved one—who is Jesus? Is He a theological tenet or really your Savior, your Provider, your Healer and Friend? When you are tempted beyond your strength—immoral desires are running rampant, an ethical compromise would seem so easy, or you are pressured to conform to the world’s expectations—who is He? An ancient biblical character or your Righteousness, your Strength, and your Refuge?

Know Him in your innermost being. Jesus doesn’t help us much as the center of our theology; He helps us as the center of our lives.

[Jesus] asked them, “Who do people say I am?” “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other prophets.” Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?”

Mark 8:27-29