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“Be
Attentive to It” by Melanie Rigney (@melanierigney)
His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be
taken away, his kingship shall not be destroyed. (Daniel
7:14)
The Lord is king, the Most High
over all the earth. (Psalm 97:1a and 9a)
Moreover, we possess the prophetic message that is
altogether reliable. You will do well to be attentive to it, as to a lamp
shining in a dark place, until day dawns and the morning star rises in your
hearts. (2 Peter 1:19)
Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that
we are here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for
Elijah.” But he did not know what he was saying. (Luke 9:33)
Piety
Lord, I am
humbled by the many lamps You shine in my heart and soul.
Study
Peter.
We are always
Peter, the Peter who thinks he’s already given up everything and will find out
how woefully arrogant and ignorant that statement was. The Peter who boasts he
will always stand by Jesus, and well, you know what happened there. The Peter
at the Transfiguration who wants to clutch onto what he has seen because if he
does not set up tents quickly, Moses and Elijah and maybe even Jesus will
leave.
But we can
also be the Peter who wrote or inspired today’s second reading, the person
confident in faith, who knows the importance of nurturing it the whole day.
That Peter is rock-solid in his hard-won belief and is passionate about sharing
that reliable prophetic message.
Peter.
The Lord
doesn’t care if you were Peter the doubter, the boaster, or the “clutcher”
yesterday. He desires that today, however, you might take on the faith of the
man who was tested, failed, and had the strength to start again.
Action
Put yourself
at the awesome scene of the Transfiguration. Knowing what you know, what do you
say to Jesus? Pray for your own Transfiguration.
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