The Right Answer

"But what about you?", he asked. "Who do you say I am?"

Peter answered, "You are the Christ." Mark 8:29

Peter got the correct answer to the question. But, he would later go on to be rebuked by Jesus as someone whom Satan was using to thwart the message of the kingdom. Later, at the time of Jesus's arrest, Peter would even deny knowing Jesus on three different occasions eventually abandoning Jesus at the cross. After the resurrection, Jesus asks Peter three times "Do you love me?" I can only imagine that each time Jesus asked the question, Peter could feel the wounds of his betrayal. Yet, the answer to each inquiry was an instruction to "feed my sheep".

Each of us stands in Peter's shoes at one time or another. We might get the right answer to the question as to the identity of whom Jesus is; but, the real issue is do we truly believe the confession with our lives? If so, then one's life is changed and there is evidence of a calling to wash the feet of others, perform good deeds and to feed the family of God in all sorts of ways.