Wednesday's Wist

Mark 8:29 NIV

"But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"
      Peter answered, "You are the Christ."

I've been asked some pretty important questions in my life.  No doubt you have too.

• Will you marry me?
• Do you take this man ... until death do you part?
• Will you have my baby?
• Will you go to the mission field?
• Will you accept this position?

The disciples were asked some pretty intense questions as well.  But the most intense of all questions is this one asked by Jesus in Mark 8:29:  "Who do you say I am?"  

He doesn't ask, "Who do your friends think ... Who do your parents think... Who do your coworkers think?"  He makes it starkly personal by saying, "Who do you think I am?"

Maybe you're like the disciples who weren't real quick to respond.  One ducks his head.  Another shuffles his feet.  A third clears his throat.  But Peter, oh Peter, he lifts his head and looks at Jesus and speaks the words heaven was waiting to hear, "You are the Christ."  Wow!  What about you today?  Jesus asks this same question of you ... "Who do YOU say that I am?"  Don't just give an answer that is expected of you.  Think about it before you answer.  Who is HE to you?  Really!?  Is He? 

Think about it.  "Who do you say I am?"