What about you?

"Who do the crowds say I am?" Luke 9:18
"What about you?" Luke 9:20

These two verses come from the narrative in Luke's Gospel where Jesus is asking who everyone thinks he is. You know, I have never focused as much on what everyone else thought than on Peter's reply "The Christ of God." I think that is because what the other people think, really is irrelevant compared to the question, "What about you?"
Sometimes we become too focused on the first question in our daily lives. What does everyone else think about Jesus? Do they think he's God or do they think he's a man? "O, this world is burning to the ground because of its rejection of Jesus as Lord and Savior." Okay, that may be true, but "What about you?"

What does it mean to you that the world is going by the way side? Does that harm your faith? Does it distract your faith? Does it make you look down on those who do not believe? Do you focus so much on the sins of others that you are no longer mindful of your own sins? We need to first be responsible for our own short-comings before we start calling others to be accountable for their own.

"Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant..."
-Philippians 2:5, 6

That's powerful. That's transformative. Do not take upon the attitude of the world. If Jesus tells us that the greatest among the Gentiles lord over their people, don't you think we ought to take upon a different attitude toward them? Let's put on humility, submit ourselves to God, and let the light of Christ shine through our lives.

Blessings and Peace.