"Who Do You Say I Am?"

God is.....
Fill in the blank.
Who is God to you?
Who is Jesus to you?
In Matthew 16, Jesus asks his disciples a very personal question. "Who Do You Say I Am?"
This was more than just Jesus asking for an answer to a question.
It was Jesus' way of saying, "The way you live reflects who I am to you."
We answer questions that others have without every saying a word.
Our behavior reveals our theology.
Our deeds uncover where our hearts are.
Saint Francis of Assisi made the statement, "You must be prepared to share the Gospel all day, every day......and sometimes use words."

Every morning I get up, that question is there waiting for me as I start my day. "Who Do You Say I Am?"
This is not a question that can be answered with the mind but rather with the heart. For there in the heart lies the real "me". The one that I walk around with each day that others are not aware of. A living, breathing, reminder of the sinfulness of man and the goodness of God all wrapped up in one neat package.
Saturday I found myself confronting an old voice. It use to whisper at me and taunt me telling me, "Who do you think you are? You call yourself a Christian. You are a miserable copy of the real thing." That voice of insecurity. It came upon me rather suddenly during a conversation I was having with someone else. They were relating a story to me about something God had done in their life, when suddenly that voice in my mind was more real and concrete than the sidewalk I was standing on. I was caught off guard and found myself almost overcome by it. I realized it was the enemy ( a.k.a. the devil or one of his cronies) speaking.

Why the voice now? Was I slipping in my relationship with God? Had I done something wrong? None of these were the answer. I was simply being attacked. I quietly reminded myself of the truth of Scripture. Praying for God's protection and presence, the voice quieted. Later that day I had some friends pray over me.



The bottom line to all of this was that this voice was trying to alter who God was to me.
To bring me to place where I doubted God and all that he has done for me and my family.
"Who Do You Say I Am?"
I proclaim today that you are Lord.
I rejoice in the world that you have overcome the world. And such a fate awaits me as I walk out these days here.
I declare that you are the Christ, the Son of God, and that the gates of hell will never, ever, ever prevail against you and the Church you died for.
That in you death and resurrection, we also have died and been raised to new life.
Hallelujah what a Savior.
So....
Who Do You Say Jesus Is?

God on you.....
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