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The Upper Room International Editions: Changing Hearts and Lives
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Juanita C. Rasmus | Read Matthew 17:1-9
What happens while we pray? Would that we, like Jesus, could experience the power of being transfigured!
How often we approach prayer scowling, smirking, or rolling our eyes from a day filled with too much doing. Too often we come to prayer without the slightest sense that we are entering...
Light of God, I ask that you flow freely through me. Change me so that I radiate your love in my day and my world. Amen.
The Transfiguration is a striking manifestation of the union of humanity and divinity in Christ. In Exodus, Moses goes up the mountain to meet with God, and the divine presence on the mountain is like a consuming fire. The psalmist says that all who take refuge in the Lord are happy. In Second Peter the author declares that the truth of Christ’s message is affirmed by the glory that surrounds Jesus on the mountain and the voice from heaven that confirms his authority. In Matthew’s account, the revelation of the glory of the divine son of God on top of a mountain causes the disciples to fall down in fear. Moses and Elijah are present, demonstrating the continuity of Christ with the prophets and the always overwhelming splendor of God’s presence.
Read Exodus 24:12-18. When have you experienced God’s cleansing and transforming fire?Read Psalm 2. How have you taken refuge in God?Read 2 Peter 1:16-21. How can you be attentive to the light of God in the world around you?Read Matthew 17:1-9. When have you experienced God’s love shining through you?
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