May 5, 2003 Monday
Coming Down From the Mountain

"Jesus came and touched them...and when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only." - Matthew 17:7,8

Looking unto the Lord and dwelling on Him from the spiritual mountain peak is always astonishing..."his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light". (Mat 17:2) However, we often fail to realize what our Lord desires to teach us in these times...."as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man". (Mat 17:9) Many walk away glorying in their experience and they are unable to learn how to genuinely worship Jesus Christ in their day to day life. In so doing they fall into satan's trap of worshipping the experience instead of worshipping Jesus Christ Himself and the result is that God cannot receive glory from our lives. Men will always boast of their religious experiences, but very few are to be found boasting of Jesus Christ. Paul said, "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ". (Gal 6:14) Never allow the experience itself to reign in your heart, but learn to worship Jesus Christ alone in all that you do. When you come down from the mountain, what do you see? Do you see "Jesus only"? Have you learned how to worship Him alone or are you relishing the experience?