Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I* will make three dwellings* here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’ While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved;* with him I am well pleased; listen to him!’ When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, ‘Get up and do not be afraid.’ And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, ‘Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.’ (Matthew 17:1-9, NRSV)
I have always wondered as I read the texts for the Transfiguration, how did Peter, James and John know who Jesus was talking to? I mean it is not like they had photographs of Moses and Elijah to compare the figures to… Maybe Moses and Elijah had on name tags… Hello my name is Moses!
But what is this text telling us…
Listen to Him!
We get so caught up in the world of easy and quick and give it to me now. We don’t always stop and appreciate the silence. We don’t stop to appreciate the time with God. We don’t stop to listen.
We have easy mac and easy hotdogs, that you can microwave in less than 1 minute. How hard is it to cook hotdogs or mac and cheese?
And even as I type this I am drawn to the new commercials that 15 minutes to save money on car insurance is to much, now we have a company that can do it in 7.5 minutes!
We need to slow down and listen…
So take some time, to just be with God and listen to Him!
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