Matt 17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Jesus had taken Peter James and John to the top of the mountain.
That expression alone sums up for us the thought of being at the place where it is nigh impossible to conceive of any experience being greater in the Lord, yet there was more to come.
Jesus was physically changed before the disciples and those who were thought dead appeared before them.
Jesus did not love these three disciples more than the others who he left in the valley. When others seem to be blessed with an experience in the Lord that you do not have, don’t think you are being left out. Let God be God he will choose whom he will and he loves us all equally with an unchanging love.
Peter wanted to encapsulate the transfiguration experience by building tabernacles for them to dwell in, do not be fooled into building your ministry around an experience you have had in God that was designed to equip you personally, not to become the theme or emphasis of your life or your ministry.
Gods plan is to feature Jesus not you and your experience.
It is only a small notch to slip from enjoying the lords blessing, to insisting that what you have experienced is a must for every other believer and most necessary if they wish to proceed in God.
We become like those who wanted to insist that all new Christians had to be circumcised, returning to the works of the law.
The Lord does not take us to the top of the mountain because we are wiser or more spiritual than others as Romans 9:18 says ‘he will have mercy on whom he will’, we live in the age of his grace!
James
Jesus had taken Peter James and John to the top of the mountain.
That expression alone sums up for us the thought of being at the place where it is nigh impossible to conceive of any experience being greater in the Lord, yet there was more to come.
Jesus was physically changed before the disciples and those who were thought dead appeared before them.
Jesus did not love these three disciples more than the others who he left in the valley. When others seem to be blessed with an experience in the Lord that you do not have, don’t think you are being left out. Let God be God he will choose whom he will and he loves us all equally with an unchanging love.
Peter wanted to encapsulate the transfiguration experience by building tabernacles for them to dwell in, do not be fooled into building your ministry around an experience you have had in God that was designed to equip you personally, not to become the theme or emphasis of your life or your ministry.
Gods plan is to feature Jesus not you and your experience.
It is only a small notch to slip from enjoying the lords blessing, to insisting that what you have experienced is a must for every other believer and most necessary if they wish to proceed in God.
We become like those who wanted to insist that all new Christians had to be circumcised, returning to the works of the law.
The Lord does not take us to the top of the mountain because we are wiser or more spiritual than others as Romans 9:18 says ‘he will have mercy on whom he will’, we live in the age of his grace!
James
