Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, ‘Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah’—not knowing what he said. While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!’ When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen. (Luke 9:28-36 NRSV)
Pray is an important part to our christian walk.
But what is prayer…
How about this?
Is that really what prayer is? A time as my seminary professor would say “to put all your begs into one ask it”?
Prayer is not about getting our laundry list to God. It is not about getting our requests known. It is about deepening our relationship and growing in our discipleship. God tells us today in our lesson we are to listen to Jesus. If we listen to Jesus we will learn what God’s dreams are for us. We will hear what God desires for us.
We will grow in our relationship if we not only tell God everything we want but take some time to listen to what He has to tell us. If we don’t treat pray or God like a cosmic vending machine, we will go much further…
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