Listen to Jesus
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Who are we listening to? Who is the most important person we should be listening to in our life?
God wants us to listen to his son Jesus. At the transfiguration, Jesus took his disciples, Peter, James, and John, with him on the mountain. Moses and Elijah appeared with Jesus, and Jesus was transfigured before them.
Matthew’s gospel account tells us, “a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’” (Matthew 17:5, NIV).
Matthew tells us, “When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, ‘Get up. Don’t be afraid.’ When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.” (Matthew 17:6-8, NIV).
Above the giver of the law—Moses, God wants us to listen to Jesus. Above the Prophet Elijah, God wants us to listen to Jesus. Jesus is the greater Moses and the greater Elijah and we should listen to him.
May we hear God’s instruction from the mountain of the transfiguration, and listen to Jesus over and above any other voice of influence in our lives.
A Collect for the Last Sunday of Epiphany: Transfiguration: “O God, who before the passion of your only-begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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