One of the most dramatic
scenes in the New Testament occurred in a city known as Caesarea Philippi… It
was indeed a dramatic picture. In the midst of this carnival of marble columns
and golden idols, a penniless, homeless, nameless Nazarene asks His band of
followers, “Who do you say that I am?”
The immensity of the
question is staggering. I would imagine that Peter’s answer did not come
without some hesitation. Shuffling of feet. Anxious silence. How absurd that
this man should be the Son of God. No trumpets. No purple robes. No armies. Yet
there was that glint of determination in His eye and that edge of certainty in
His message. Peter’s response sliced the silence. “I believe that you are… the Son of God.”
Many have looked at Jesus; but few have seen Him. Many have seen His shadow, His people, His story. But
only a handful have seen Jesus. Only a few have looked through the fog of religiosity
and found Him. Only a few have dared to stand eye to eye and heart to heart
with Jesus and say, “I believe that you
are the Son of God.”
[Taken from On the Anvil by Max Lucado]
THINK BIG.
START SMALL. GO DEEP.
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