Just as Jack did more than just say he would hold onto Rose and bring her back on board, he actually did it -- Jesus didn’t just say He was God. He proved it with his actions.
He raised the dead, healed the blind and the lame, cleansed the lepers, walked on water, calmed the wind and the waves, and forgave sins by His own authority. And for the visual learners in his group, He held His own little private “Show and Tell” on the top of a mountain. He took Peter James and John, and showed them who He really is.
“There he was transfigured before them.
His face shone like the sun,
and his clothes became as white as the light.”
Matthew 17:2
His face shone like the sun,
and his clothes became as white as the light.”
Matthew 17:2
Jesus was sure of His own identity. He knew He was the One and Only Son of the Living God. And He knew His purpose, and lived intentionally to fulfill it.
Identity and purpose are also interconnected in the character of Jack Dawson. Jack’s secure knowledge of who he is – Jack Dawson, of the Chippewa Falls’ Dawsons – is also coupled with his intention to live life purposefully.
2 comments:
Hi Darilyn. Identity has always been a hard one for me. Not Jesus' identity but mine. Now I realize my identity is in the one who has called me His own.I am a child of God.
Thank you for your insightful comment. You are right. If we could just grasp who we are in Him, and then live up to our true identity... That would bring Him such glory and honor and pleasure!
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