Early one morning Jesus led three disciples, Peter, James, & John up a high mountain (Mt.17:1). The highest mountain in the area was Mount Hermon (9,232 feet). Even the steep climb could not prepare them for what was about to happen.

On the top of the mountain the changes start:

• Moses and Elijah join them.
• Jesus is engulfed in a very bright light.
• Peter is even forced into silence.
• God speaks.
• And scripture is created as Jesus is glorified.

2 Peter 1:16–20 (ESV) — 16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” 18 we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. 19 And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation.

Friend, are you paying attention to God’s prophetic word? Are you reading the word through every year? Are you allowing its holiness to penetrate and transfigure your soul? Are you shining as a lamp in a dark place?