Peter gets all excited after experiencing the transfiguration of Jesus up on the mountain (Luke 9:28-36). It was, after all, a magnificent event. He is already to build things and do this and that for God. He tells Jesus what is good and what to do. God’s voice intervenes in Peter’s plans, acknowledging Jesus, and tells Peter to “Listen to Him.” We do way too much of the talking when we are in God’s Presence. He is the Creator of the universe. He is the one true God and Jesus is His Word to us. We need to be quiet and listen to Him!
God repeatedly throughout the Scriptures says to stop our way and listen to his. “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways.” (Isaiah 55:8,9) “Lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5,6)
How many times have we been like Peter? Seeing something exciting and then running around planning on building shelters to keep that something, yet all the while “not knowing what he was saying”? Often times it’s our shelters and establishments for our religious experiences that cause a majority of the problems of life these days. God’s plan is much simpler…”This is my Son, whom I have chosen, LISTEN TO HIM!”
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