Have you mistakenly thought the wrong thing about someone? Have you misidentified their personality, their makeup, their character? What did you do once you discovered your mistake? Did you correct your opinion of them? Did you change how you reacted to them?
We can mistakenly misidentify a person’s character. Perhaps they present an initial impression that is misleading. We may have first seen them on a bad day. Or we may listen to other’s opinions which cause misperceptions. But are we willing to correct our first impression of them?
Perhaps you have been shunned by someone who has had an initial bad impression of you. Maybe you had a bad day when they first met you. You might have been off your game, not feeling well, or distracted by thoughts of a dire circumstance. We have heard we only get one chance to make a first impression. Though that is true for each of us, it is also true for everyone we meet. Yet, we all need to be willing to wait to formulate our full opinion of the person.
Jesus asked His disciples who other people were saying He was. They provided some interesting answers, all of them incorrect. We, too, can be incorrect in our understanding of who Jesus is. And if not completely incorrect, we may fail to have a full understanding of who He is, even if we confess Him to be our Savior.
To fully comprehend who Jesus is, we must step outside of human norms. We must see with spiritual eyes. We must use our imagination to see beyond the physical. We must think on a far grander scale than we see in our daily lives. Jesus is unlike any other human who has walked this earth. He is both fully human and fully divine. We all should reevaluate who we think Jesus is, realizing He is greater than anyone we have ever met.
I pray we all seek to better understand who Jesus is. I pray we see Him through spiritual eyes. I pray each one of us will spend time pondering who Jesus is and ask God to fully reveal Him to us. Reevaluate who Jesus is. Gain a deeper understanding of Him. Know He is greater than anyone you know.
Mark 8:27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”
Marty Pressey 