He said, 

"And what about you? Who do you say that I am?"

Matthew 16:15 CEB

Jesus had been asking his team what others had been saying about him. Who he is.

And there's a couple of different answers that Matthew gives us.

This little dialogue is sandwiched between healings and miracles and a long discussion about being careful who you listen to, and a shift to talking about what was going to happen in Jerusalem, that he would be killed, and raised again on the third day. 

And Jesus gives his team this hinge question, as they answer this question for themselves, the answer  will hold them for what is to come.

"And what about you?

Who do you say that I am?"

Has the answer that you'd give to Jesus question changed?

For me it has. 

And it may change depending on our circumstances, what's going on right now. 

And whatever it is that you are facing, Jesus question is a call to faith, to trust, to follow him in the good, the beautiful, the giving things of this life, and in the difficult, ugly, injustice and despairing parts too.

"And what about you?

Who do you say that I am?"

No matter what your answer is today, know that you are Beloved.

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