See His Glory!

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When we told you about the power and the return of our Lord Jesus Christ, we were not telling clever stories someone had made up. But with our own eyes we saw his true greatness. God, our great and wonderful Father, truly honored him by saying, “This is my own dear Son, and I am pleased with him.”

We were there with Jesus on the holy mountain and heard this voice speak from heaven.

All of this makes us even more certain that what the prophets said is true. So you should pay close attention to their message, as you would to a lamp shining in some dark place. You must keep on paying attention until daylight comes and the morning star rises in your hearts.

2 Peter 1:16-19

Many of the days with Jesus were apparently ordinary days for Peter and the other disciples. They heard Jesus teach and they even saw miracles, but the day Jesus took Peter, James and John up on the mountain and was transfigured before them was different.

It was a high mark in Peter's memory because it confirmed what the Prophets had said as well. You see Peter also saw Moses and Elijah there with Jesus. It was indeed an amazing experience and one that Peter never forgot.

Every follower of Jesus has one or more of those "Jesus is Real" moments. It is when the reality of Heaven and the truth of God's Word overwhelms you. It puts everything else in its proper place.

I'm sure that as the years passed on toward the day Peter would leave this world to go and be with Jesus he must have thought about that day on the mountain often. It was the day when he heard God's voice, saw Jesus radiate with glory and stood in the presence of Moses and Elijah.

Each of us has a day when we became certain that Jesus is real. It helps me in my walk with Jesus today to remember that day.

"Lord, as the days draw closer to either Your return to this earth, or my departure from it help me to remember the times that I have seen Your Glory. It is that same Glory that I will see again on the day that You come or the day that I go! Amen."