Highways and byways are about the Kingdom

Thursday February 15th, Luke 9: 29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. 30 Two men, Moses and Elijah, 31 appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem. 32 Peter and his companions were very sleepy, but when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. 33 As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." After all the talk of Jerusalem and crosses, Peters confession began to take on some calculation. Mountain top experiences are wonderful gifts given to us by God. Trying to stay on the mountain top is just another way of denying the confession that brought us there in the first place. God’s calling is to take that confession down into the reality of the streets and not leave it in the surrealistic experience of the mountain top. Mountain tops are about “me,” the highways and the byways are about the kingdom.