But you,” he asked them, “who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:15-16)
I was thinking on those words this morning.
When Peter said, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God,” he was basically saying the same thing twice: “You are God’s anointed King.” More, than that, he was asserting, “You are my King.”
It’s ironic, then, that just a few minutes later he started to argue with the one he had just called his King.
As I thought on that, it occurred to me that it would be good to start each day by asking myself the same question Jesus asked his disciples. “Who do I say Jesus is? Who is Jesus to me?”
And if I confess him as my King, I can’t be arguing with him. I can’t just be going my own way, following my own agenda. I need to follow and obey him, moment to moment, day to day.
Jesus, who are you to me? You are my King. So reign in me this day and every day.