Realisation

“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”                                      Luke 9.20

Jesus had asked the disciples who the crowds said He was. Their replies varied: “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.” (v 19) Then He asked them who they thought He was, and the truth came out – The Christ of God!

Matthew in his gospel has Jesus responding further to Peter telling him that the declaration he had just made “was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven” (Matt. 16.17). God the Father had revealed to Peter the truth about Jesus the Son. Here was the long-expected Messiah of the Jews, the Deliverer, and the Saviour of all mankind.  

Peter had declared Jesus as the Christ, The Chosen One of God, but I wonder if he realised the full impact and import of what it meant.

Similarly I wonder how many believers today realise, and live in the truth of, just what it means to receive Jesus and to walk with Him. Here is God Himself – all-powerful, all-knowing, mighty, caring, enabling, healing, and loving – in the fullness of relationship.

This is what I have. It is freely available to me. Do I truly realise this? Do I accept it, embrace it, and live powerfully in the amazing relationship He offers me? I give myself wholly, freely and willingly to do so. Yet I think the full realisation of who He is and what He offers me is being revealed, more and more, as I continue to give myself to journey with Him.

Lord, Mighty God, Loving Father,

I come to You. Lead me through this day and all days. Reveal more to me with each passing moment. Let me realise the immensity of You. Enable me to share you freely. Amen.