Responses to God's Grace
Faith Leads to Holy Living
Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5)
Stick to Your Faith
Luke 9:28-36 The Message
Jesus in His Glory
28-31 About eight days after saying this, he climbed the mountain to pray, taking Peter, John, and James along. While he was in prayer, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes became blinding white. At once, two men were there talking with him. They turned out to be Moses and Elijah—and what a glorious appearance they made! They talked over his exodus, the one Jesus was about to complete in Jerusalem.
32-33 Meanwhile, Peter and those with him were slumped over in sleep. When they came to, rubbing their eyes, they saw Jesus in his glory and the two men standing with him. When Moses and Elijah had left, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, this is a great moment! Let’s build three memorials: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He blurted this out without thinking.
34-35 While he was babbling on like this, a light-radiant cloud enveloped them. As they found themselves buried in the cloud, they became deeply aware of God. Then there was a voice out of the cloud: “This is my Son, the Chosen! Listen to him.”
36 When the sound of the voice died away, they saw Jesus there alone. They were speechless. And they continued speechless, said not one thing to anyone during those days of what they had seen.
For Reflection
Imagine their astonishment when Peter, John, and James saw Jesus enveloped in blinding light while he prayed and seeing the vision of Moses and Elijah clothed in the glory of God. Notice how humanly conventional it was for them to want to memorialize them with a structure.
But when God spoke, they understood that the divine message they were receiving was not about memorials. They had no words to express their experience. So dumbfounded were they, that they did not speak about their exposure to anyone perhaps because they did not know how to communicate it in a believable way.
Sometimes one views indescribable beauty that cannot be translated into words. God is that kind of beauty.
Pray
Praise God for the beauty of his gift of Creation. Pray and see the beauty which surrounds you. Pray and seek beautiful relationships in fellowship with the living God.
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