Day 158: Luke 9:28–36

Peter and those who were with him were in a deep sleep, and when they became fully awake, they saw His glory (v. 32).

God has often chosen to unveil His glory on the top of a mountain. In Exodus, He beckoned His servant Moses to climb the mount and see His glory. Elijah also had a mountaintop view of the greatness of God. So when Christ summoned Peter, James, and John to the top of a certain mountain, there was precedent for it, yet they could never have imagined what awaited them. I think we can rest assured, though, that it was worth the climb.

They saw His glory!

When was the last time you saw Christ transfigured before you? We grow comfortable with the Christ we know. Then suddenly He shatters the box we’ve put Him in, leaving us asking, “Who is this man?” Christ reserves the right to bring us to places that force us to ask that question again. At those times, if we’re willing, Christ will show us a glimpse of His glory, and we will be changed as He transfigures Himself before us.

Jesus regularly seeks to readjust our vision of Him. And I believe the more we are willing to receive from Him, the more He is willing to reveal to us. I think the reason Jesus took Peter, James, and John to the mountain was because they were willing to receive greater revelation. How blessed we truly are when we have eyes that are willing to see and ears that are willing to hear. In the words of Jesus: “Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him” (Matt. 13:12).

How blessed we are when we want to see Him. How blessed we are when we begin to make our chief cry to Him, “Lord, I want to know You. I want to know the reality of You. I want to know who You really are. Shatter my present perspective and show me the reality of You.”

We are a direct by-product of who we believe and who we see Christ to be. I believe He blesses the prayer, “Father, daily show me the reality, the greater reality of Your Son Jesus Christ. Transfigure Him before my very eyes, and then give me the courage to adjust my life to what I see.”