Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.””
NL Daily Devotion for Monday, December 2, 2019
by Daniel D. Maurer, Clergy Stuff
Have you ever stopped to think about what a strange notion identity is? I think many of us take it for granted, especially in today’s world where individualism is more highly praised than ever before in history.
But everyone owns what I would call grounding or foundational aspects of their identity. Some may liken the roots of their individual self-understand to that of their job. Others may liken it to their role as a parent, as a mother or a father.
For Jesus, the question of who he was had been wrestled and wrought with much turmoil in the early church. That the markan author includes a scene when Jesus asks his followers about his identity shows us today that the community back then had very clear ideas about Jesus’ identity.
He was the savior, the messiah of all time. And within that scope, he would become a major part of many of our own identities and self-understandings. I am a follower of Jesus, because I place my hope in something greater than myself.
What’s your identity and what does Jesus have to do with it for you?
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