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• The poorest man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream.
—Pennsylvania School Journal
• It is reported that Moody’s farewell words to his sons as he lay upon his deathbed were, “If God be your partner, make your plans large.”
• To the Israelites, Goliath is “too big to hit”; but to little David, he is “too big to miss.”
• There is a vast difference between a person with a vision and a visionary person.
The person with a vision talks little but does much.
The person who is visionary talks much but does nothing.
The poorest man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream.
—Pennsylvania School Journal
• It is reported that Moody’s farewell words to his sons as he lay upon his deathbed were, “If God be your partner, make your plans large.”
• To the Israelites, Goliath is “too big to hit”; but to little David, he is “too big to miss.”
• There is a vast difference between a person with a vision and a visionary person.
The person with a vision talks little but does much.
The person who is visionary talks much but does nothing.
• The albatross has the widest wingspan of all birds in relation to body-size.
It occurs to me that some people have large wing spreads, in relation to body size, which enables them to fly on and on.
Lord God, bless Your Word wherever it is proclaimed.
Make it a Word of power and peace to convert those not yet Your own and to confirm those who have come to saving faith.
May Your Word pass from the ear to the heart, from the heart to the lip, and from the lip to the life that, as You have promised, Your Word may achieve the purpose for which You send it, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Lord God, bless Your Word wherever it is proclaimed.
Make it a Word of power and peace to convert those not yet Your own and to confirm those who have come to saving faith.
May Your Word pass from the ear to the heart, from the heart to the lip, and from the lip to the life that, as You have promised, Your Word may achieve the purpose for which You send it, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Why are you here?
Why are you here?
The Lord, when He went up on the mountain, did not take all of the 12; He took only Peter, John, and James.
At that moment, just a week after saying those words that I read to you, how would you have understood this action?
How many of you would have wanted to go up the mountain with Jesus and how many of you would have been content to stay at the bottom of the mountain, waiting for whatever would come next?
The Lord, when He went up on the mountain, did not take all of the 12; He took only Peter, John, and James.
At that moment, just a week after saying those words that I read to you, how would you have understood this action?
How many of you would have wanted to go up the mountain with Jesus and how many of you would have been content to stay at the bottom of the mountain, waiting for whatever would come next?
I don’t know that there is a right or a wrong answer to that question.
I know that no one volunteered to go with Christ, but those three were chosen.
There is nothing in the Scriptures that indicates that these three were chosen as an honor or rather as a responsibility.
S. Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan, A.D. 374.
St. Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan, 374 AD, said this in a sermon on this text:
Or, Peter went up, who received the keys of the kingdom of heaven; John, to whom was committed our Lord’s mother; James, who first suffered martyrdom.
(Acts 12:1.)
These words, however, speak, not to how they earned this summons, but rather, what followed after.
When the Lord calls us to go with Him, we are tempted to think that it is a reward for previous service, but it is not.
Rather, it is in view of that which we will be given to do as His workmanship, as it is written,
As
They went up, but only Jesus prayed.
They were present, but only He prayed, while they struggled with their flesh and their fear.
See how like us the apostles were?
As He prayed, He was revealed to them, His glory, His mission, and His authority.
As He prayed, they were revealed to themselves, their weakness, both physically and spiritually, and their need for further preparation
Can You Handle It?
The Transfiguration was not a moment when Jesus changed, it was the moment when He was revealed.
God knows what we need in order to bear the burden of the vision.
He provides what we need in order to fulfill the purpose that we have in Him.
Therefore the Scripture says,
God knows that we cannot carry the burden of the Revelation of Him in our own strength?
When God reveals Himself, as we receive it, it always overwhelms us, so high are HIS ways above our ways, and His thoughts above our thoughts.
We NEED God to speak to us through His Word and Sacraments, lest we be consumed by His unmediated presence.
Did you hear that?
God protected Moses on Mount Sinai by hiding him when Moses asked to see His glory.
On the Mount of Transfiguration, the Father shrouds Himself in the cloud as He declares His will to Peter, John and James.
Now, God veils Himself by coming to us through the means of grace, and yet He speaks and makes known to us the mysteries of His will.
He makes known to us His will that we be saved, His will that we walk in love towards one another, His will that we love our neighbors as ourselves, and His will that we be His witnesses until He returns.
He gives us the gift of vocation, through which we make use of the gifts and talents that we have from Him, and in which we fulfill His Commandments through His strength and in His grace.
We don’t know what we should do as we ought, but He gives us more grace.
We don’t pray as we ought, we don’t serve as we ought, we don’t build one another up as we ought, but He gives us more grace.
God veiled Himself in the cloud, and made Peter, John and James heavy with sleep
Above all, He gives to us and to the world, the gift of Christ and the Church, His Bride, through which He brings us into communion with Himself, through which He empowers us to serve Him as we serve one another in Love.
The World does not recognize the measure of Christ’s gift, and neither do we.
If we fully understood, we wouldn’t judge one another, but we would resolve not to put stumbling blocks in one another’s way.
We would resolve to work together, worship together, and edify one another.
We would pray for the unity of His Kingdom.
We would pray “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done,” in every place where His name is named.
God still gives us more grace, because He still uses us, sleepy, not knowing what we are saying, and fearful.
He uses us, to the praise of His glorious grace, so that we need not fear our inabilities, we need not fear our propensity to fall short of His glory.
Just continue to follow Him, continue to hear Him, continue to go with Him as He calls you to go wherever He goes, not as a servant who does not know where he goes,
Who are you?
What are we?
We are God’s house.
Who are we?
We are God’s people.
We are chosen by God and precious.
We are His workmanship, created for good works in Christ.
What can we do?
We can do all things through Him who strengthens us.
We are the Bride, though the world does not recognize us:
The world tries to burden us, with its plans, with its problems, and with its purposes.
For a while, we tried to do what the world wanted us to do, we tried to please the world, but now we see our Beloved.
The Lord loves you, children of God, He shows His love in His gifts of Word and Sacrament today, in the fellowship of the saints that we experience today, in the grace that surrounds us like a shield today.
So let the peace of God, that passes all understanding, guard your hearts and minds, through Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen
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