Friday, March 31, 2017

Right before their very eyes...

28 Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. 29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. 30 And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, 31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.32 Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. 33 And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said. 34 As he was saying these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. 35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One; listen to him!” 36 And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen. (Luke 9)
These three followers of Christ had an awesome opportuity to get a glimpse of His glory, as they witnessed his conversation with two of the greatest heroes of faith.  But what they heard did not include his classification among them, but above them all.  God calls Him His Son.  End of experience, end of discussion - fulfillment of message.  This of course came after Peter's own proclamation of Who Jesus was - the Christ.  Looking back we might think" Wow, who wouldn't believe?"  But their faith came first. Seeing is not believing. We see and hear when we believe.  How much do we miss seeing and hearing due to our lack of faith?  How much has God already shown us, but we have turned a deaf ear and closed our eyes to it? What will there be "right before our very eyes" we miss today?

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