Luke 9 also contains the story of Peter's confession. When asked, "Who do you say that I am?" it is Peter who finally says, "You are the Messiah."
There is very little else that Peter says, in the Gospels. He does a lot of talking in the Book of Acts, but not in the Gospels. Here, Peter speaks few words. But the words he speaks are enough.
Too often we are lured into thinking we need to speak a lot of words. Too often we are reluctant to speak unless we are convinced we will know all the answers. Too seldom do we realize that being a follower of Jesus involves no more than a few words of acknowledgement.
The life of a disciple involves following. There are things we learn along the way, but we already know all we need to know. We know that God has called us; we know that God loves us; we know that in Jesus we find that which we need to make life the wonderful journey it is intended to be.
A few words, put some very powerful words. These set us on our journey.
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