The will and dream of the master is the path of a true disciple. Knowing that the mind of the master is to serve and to offer his life as a sacrifice calls a disciple also to be a servant and a sacrifice. The readiness to accept this path is not simply a practice of value. The path is taken by the disciple through the closeness to the master.
Jesus was anointed by the Holy Spirit. This anointing had the nature of self surrendering before God in faithfulness and trust. The anointing in Christ also included a life that took the pain and death of people into his own life. If we let Christ to be so, it challenges us to do the same. If we want to preserve Christ without dying, we will lose him.
The practicality of faith comes in a living companionship with Jesus. That companionship is an every- moment- conversation about whatever we go through. Then we are consoled, comforted, strengthened, and transfigured. Even the faith seeking understanding looks for this companionship to be found in the living realities of ours.
If we repeat Peter's attitude today, we will successfully create a Christ-less Christianity, and a Christ without anointing, and ourselves without the dream and will of Christ our Master.
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