Sermon Details
- Pastor Name: Jonathan Cornell
- Date & Time: March 2, 2014 | 10:00am
There are definitive moments in life when things become unmistakably real. Last week, we looked together at the story of Elijah who was discouraged, finding himself under a Broom Tree, being called by God to get up and go to Mt. Horeb. And it was there that God came to him in a question: what is the meaning of this Mountain? It was there at Mt Horeb that Elijah was reminded in the depths of his own discouragement that the mountain was, for him, the definitive embodiment of God’s faithfulness. Horeb is another name for Sinai, and it was to Sinai that God brought a discouraged and disheartened nation and gave them the 10 Commandments—a physical representation of his abiding commitment to Israel. In the midst of a time in Elijah’s life when he felt like the walls were closing in around him, the mountain was the place God brought Elijah to remind him that all was under control.
Today, we meet another man who, like Elijah, is passionate for the Lord, and it just so happens that today’s story also involves a mountain.
Jesus brings Peter along with two others, James and John, up a mountain to make himself unmistakably real, and give them undeniable direction. Have you ever experienced a moment in your life that was so meaningful and profound, one that literally changed your entire paradigm? Maybe the birth of a child, or a breathtaking vista on vacation, or perhaps the news that you got the job you longed for. There’s something inside us that wants to capture and savor these moments forever. This is what Peter wants, as well.
But that isn’t always how God works, is it? Milestones give way to new movements in life. They are the things that simply keep us moving in the direction God has for us.
Download the entire transcript here: Matthew 17 Moments and Movement
