Can you imagine Jesus saying to you that you are blessed, that you are the rock on which His church will be built, and that the gates of hell will not prevail against you or it? It’s overwhelming. In this passage, I see that Jesus saw something in Peter that Peter didn't quite see in himself—yet.
We are all tied to the word yet. Jesus’ work in us is incomplete, yet we march forward for the day we are complete. We continue to labor and work to build His kingdom, yet we wait for His arrival and for His work to be finished. The same was true for Peter. Jesus saw in Peter what Peter couldn’t see in himself, yet he eventually would. He would become the rock Jesus claimed he would be.
Jesus is calling you and me to become as well, to become what He sees in us. You and I are not there yet, but we are a glorious work, a poem in progress. Keep driving toward Him as we wait for our yets to be fulfilled.