It is easy to rejoice on the mountain top, with the trials of life far
away and the presence of God so near.
The Apostle Peter wanted to establish the headquarters for Christ’s
ministry on the Mountain of Transfiguration; he simply didn’t want to give up the
mountain top experience (Mk. 9:2-10).
All of us long for God’s glory to be revealed visibly and powerfully in
our lives. We long for His healing power
to flow through us to bring healing and grace to others. We long for His glory to be revealed in a
dazzling display of power. But the
mountain top experience is intentionally short-lived, for we are on a journey
to perfection, to increasing levels of glory, and between the mountain top
experiences lay vast valleys where we live out by divine providence the
progressive revelation of Christ’s life forming in us. The mountain top is not the primary way God
has chosen to reveal Himself and invoke His will, either in Jesus or in
us. Jesus did not stay on the Mountain
of Transfiguration; He went down into the valley to fulfill God’s will through
trials, tribulation and ultimately, death on the cross. And, likewise, we are called to the valley
where, by divine providence, the progressive revelation of Christ’s life is
formed in us through trials, tribulations and ultimately the death of “Self”,
our will and nature, on the cross.
CHRIST IN ME...
MY ONLY HOPE OF GLORY...
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