LISTEN

Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!" When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground and were terrified. Matthew 17:1-6  

God the Father spoke. Imagine His voice booming from heaven! I would have fallen on my face, too. When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist a voice from Heaven…God spoke. God the Father spoke. Imagine His voice booming from heaven—resounding over the Jordan River! After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens (God the Father) said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased." Matthew 3:16-17. I’ve always been amazed that when God spoke of His Son, His beloved Son, again—at what we call the Transfiguration—that He added “listen to Him!” God was very pleased with the work that Jesus was doing. Jesus made it very clear that what He said was coming from Father.

So Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. John 8:28 

For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. John 12:49

Listen to Him. Can you hear what Jesus was saying…is saying?

RSVP:  Jesus was obedient to say just what His Father told Him to say. Are you listening? How will you respond to Him today? 

Prayer ~ Jesus, I long to hear Your words every day and it motivates me to read my Bible. Continue to speak to me through Your Word—using it to guide and direct my thoughts, words, and actions that I would be pleasing to You and to our Heavenly Father.

© 2014 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.

All scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted