[silentpoet]

Perhaps the most important question we can ask or answer is "Who is Jesus?" And we can answer that vital question with another question we ask of ourselves, "Who do I say Jesus is?"

Jesus asked Peter that very question. First Peter told Him what other people said. But Jesus probed deeper and asked in essence, "Yeah, but what about you, who do you say I am?" Peter's answer is the very bedrock of our faith. "You are the Christ." Peter was saying "I believe You are God with us."

I think the essence of Jesus' questioning was to get at Peter's heart. Jesus did not so much care what others thought as He cared what His followers thought deep in their hearts. So today it does not matter what books like The Davinci Code or what the secular media and culture says. It matters what we say.

Now I ask you the same question. Who do you say Jesus is? Who do you say Jesus is with your time? Who do you say Jesus is with your money? Who do you say Jesus is with your relationships? Who do you say Jesus is with your words? Who do you say Jesus is with your choices? Who do you say Jesus is with your silence? Who do you say Jesus is when nobody is around to notice?