"While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!'" (Matthew 17:5)
I really like Peter, who would later be referred to by some as "The First Bishop of Rome," but he did have a very real tendency to have a suggestion and answer for every situation he encountered. Sometimes we all just need, "a bright cloud overshadowed them...."
The recent bombings at the Boston Marathon was a tragedy; three young people murdered by lunacy. Pundits on the "left" and "right," religious and nonreligious are attempting to explain just what happened, who could be responsible, the infamous "blame game," etc. " While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them...." I think this would happen more often than we might imagine if we would just be more "cloud" sensitive than, "Oh, I have an answer for that."
I wonder today if our Lord Jesus would reveal Himself as, " a bright cloud," in our gatherings or daily lives if we would just not have life so figured out. "While he was still speaking, behold...." This would shake up the whole world, surely our religious gatherings. People often talk about the Lord "showing up." Sometime, when they are saying that, it would be wonderful if, "While he was still speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!'"
Father, in Jesus' Name, I want to be, "bright cloud," sensitive. I pray that each day, when I commune with You in prayer, Bible reading, do, "works of service," just go about daily life, that You would, "overshadow[]" everything. Amen.
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I am scheduled to preach in the CCE service on May 19. If you are interested in hearing about the North Korea Mission, I plan to share about it in that service.
I really like Peter, who would later be referred to by some as "The First Bishop of Rome," but he did have a very real tendency to have a suggestion and answer for every situation he encountered. Sometimes we all just need, "a bright cloud overshadowed them...."
The recent bombings at the Boston Marathon was a tragedy; three young people murdered by lunacy. Pundits on the "left" and "right," religious and nonreligious are attempting to explain just what happened, who could be responsible, the infamous "blame game," etc. " While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them...." I think this would happen more often than we might imagine if we would just be more "cloud" sensitive than, "Oh, I have an answer for that."
I wonder today if our Lord Jesus would reveal Himself as, " a bright cloud," in our gatherings or daily lives if we would just not have life so figured out. "While he was still speaking, behold...." This would shake up the whole world, surely our religious gatherings. People often talk about the Lord "showing up." Sometime, when they are saying that, it would be wonderful if, "While he was still speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!'"
Father, in Jesus' Name, I want to be, "bright cloud," sensitive. I pray that each day, when I commune with You in prayer, Bible reading, do, "works of service," just go about daily life, that You would, "overshadow[]" everything. Amen.
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I am scheduled to preach in the CCE service on May 19. If you are interested in hearing about the North Korea Mission, I plan to share about it in that service.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
