What a wonderful day we had in the Lord yesterday at Friendship. The Spirit of the Lord and His Word was rich. I want to take today and tomorrow and revisit what the Lord spoke to us yesterday.
Matthew 17:1-5 gives detail of the events that occured on the Mountain of Transfiguration. Jesus takes with Him Peter, James, and John into the mountain and His appearance is changed right before their eyes. The Bible says the Moses and Elijah also appear with Him and according to Lukes account of the events, they discuss the coming death of Christ. When Peter sees all of this, he determines to build three tabernacles to comemorate the event. One for Jesus, one for Moses, one for Elijah. The problem with this is that Peter is missing the whole point of what is going on. He is so distracted by Moses and Elijah, that he doesn't catch on to what is happening with Jesus. God is giving them an opportunity to experience something with Jesus and he is distracted!!! How many times has this happened to us? How many times have we been called into a mountain of revelation to experience God in a deeper way, only to get distracted on the way? We have so many distractions in our lives, that many times when we try to wind down all we hear is chaos in our minds. We hear the voices of our spouse, our children, our employers, and so forth. We hear hear the tv, the radio, or the draw of our favorite hobbies. We are a distracted generation. It is time to focus again on Jesus. In vs. 5 God responds to the statment made by Peter by declaring, "this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, hear ye Him." God is letting Peter know that there is only one who is worthy of our devotion and that is Jesus. We are not to worship Moses, Elijah, or anything else. If something has you distracted today, turn away from it and give Jesus your undivided attention. God bless
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