Morning Prayer 

He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.

Inspiration 

There is much packed into Peter's four-word confession, which Jesus says was revealed to him by the Father and upon which Jesus promised to build His Church. It is about the identity of Jesus. First, he is the Christ, the long-promised Jewish Messiah who will reign over all the earth. Note that he is "the" Christ, not merely "a" christ. And his origins are "of God. " He is not just a man whom God uses greatly, but is partaker of all the Divine attributes, "God of God" and coequal with the Father in glory.

Prayer 

May we confess, Lord, from the heart that confession that Peter declared so long ago, that you are the Christ of God. You are our anointed (for the word for Messiah/Christ means "anointed" ) Prophet, Priest, and King. You teach us of God, intercede with us before God, and rule over the Kingdom of God. Amen.