Are there historical figures you would like to see? Are they great leaders? Are they wonderful poets and writers? Are they trailblazers who reach new heights? Would you love to see heroes of the faith? Can you imagine speaking with them? What would you say?
Think about meeting George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. Imagine a conversation with Mark Twain or Louisa May Alcott. Consider the stories the Wright brothers or Sojourner Truth could tell. Would you be in awe meeting and speaking with them?
Now, take a moment to consider being one of the apostles with Jesus when suddenly transfigured before their eyes and became so bright white they could hardly look at Him. Then Elijah and Moses appear out of thin air and begin talking with Him as though they have been friends for ages. What a spectacle that would be!
It is rare to see people who are making history, who are busting through glass ceilings, who are blazing a trail into a new field or work. It is even rarer to see people of great faith who are doing wonderful things for God. We have a choice when we witness them. We can sit back and watch. We can denigrate and despise them. Or we can support them and join the work.
The apostles had already joined Jesus and had witnessed another reason to stay with Him and support Him. They would carry this amazing vision with them into their ministry after Jesus left them. We, too, can share this vision with them. We can be amazed at what God can do. We can be inspired to follow Jesus and strive to further His work on this earth.
I pray we all are inspired to work with Jesus. I pray we are amazed at what God can do and has done. I pray each one of us will follow Jesus and seek to carry out His work on earth. Be amazed at God. Be inspired by Jesus. Seek to do His work. Know that He has called you.
Mark 9:2-4 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
Marty Pressey 