1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
The passage Luke 9:18-22 brings up explicitly the ‘fundamental question’: who Jesus is to us, not in a merely intellectual sense but in a personal sense. Is he a leader, a friend, a judge, a teacher, a father, a combination of all?
In the context of confessional prayer we may well ask God to look lovingly at how we answer that question, “who do you say that I am?” It may be in the habits of our lives, in the patterns of our attention, rather than in our statements and verbal professions; we express who Jesus is to us by how we live and how we act. In prayer we ca offer all our thoughts, words and actions and ask that God receive them graciously.
Our life of faith is based on the fact that we ourselves have made this confession of faith in Jesus. The Lord appreciates very much our act of faith in him, especially when we thank him for the depth of the love he has shown through his Passion, Death and Resurrection. This is the space out of which we make our prayer to God
Lord, to follow you I too must embark on a personal discovery of who you are. Give me the grace to walk this faith-journey. May I not keep you at arm’s length by putting a protective shield around myself, but help me rather to daily embrace you on the path of discipleship, with its pains and joys. Amen
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