Daily Worship

Mountain Climbing for Beginners

Jim Campbell July 02, 2014 0 0

Luke 9: 28-36

About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.  As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.  Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendour, talking with Jesus.  They spoke about his departure,[a] which he was about to bring to fulfilment at Jerusalem.  Peter and his companions were very sleepy, but when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.  As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, ‘Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters – one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.’ (He did not know what he was saying.)

While he was speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. A voice came from the cloud, saying, ‘This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.’ When the voice had spoken, they found that Jesus was alone. The disciples kept this to themselves and did not tell anyone at that time what they had seen.

Lord,
You led your friends up a mountain,
And there they saw you,
No longer Nazareth’s carpenter,
No longer the weather beaten wandering preacher
But as you truly are: light, holiness, utter purity.
You led your friends up a mountain,
And having shown them the reality,
Having unveiled for them
The unspeakable Glory  at the heart of all creation,
You brought them back down the mountain
To the groaning, labouring and suffering earth.
You brought them down
That having seen your Glory,
They might be envisioned
To work with you for the final healing of all creation.
This is what you did with them
This is what you do with us.
Amen.

 

Jim Campbell, Ceres, Kemback and Springfield Church