Sunday School Lesson: Lesson for Feb. 21, 2010: Witnessed by Disciples (Matthew 17:1-13)

Wayne’s two cents worth..



Wow!



Have you ever had this feeling when you walked through the Church doors on Sunday morning that you felt GOD’s presence? Do you have a place? You know.. a place? A secret closet? Inside your car alone? Maybe… the bathroom? A place.. where you meet GOD. All alone.. c’mon … a place! A place where it’s just you and Jesus. The reason I ask is because the example that I’ve taken from saints that have gone before me was that they had a place. They understood how important alone time with GOD was. I’m not talking about the saints of the bible or the saints of the early church. I’m talking about Mother Sneed (My Grandmother), Sister Mayes (her neighbor), Momma Lena (My other Grandmother), Rev. Moore (the Preacher that helped me get delivered (not saved, delivered), my uncle Milton and a good many others from my younger years. They took their example from the Master, Jesus.

Jesus made it a habit of going to a mountain to pray. This time, He took Peter, James and John (Cephas, Jacob and JochananJ) with him. Was this heavenly interlude a common occurrence with Jesus? It’s possible. The Bible says that angels ministered to him after the temptation in the desert (Matt. 4:11). They ministered to him again in Gethsemane (John 22:42, 43). After one mountaintop experience, He literally walked on water and calmed a storm (Matt. 14:23-33). Another gospel tells us that Moses and Elijah ministered to Jesus at this meeting about His pending crucifixion (Luke 9:31). So it’s conceivable that every time Jesus made time for prayer alone Heaven and Earth intersected. Wow!

Scientists say that there are as many a thirteen to fifteen different dimensions, but that we can only perceive four of them: length, width, height and time. And we can only experience time in one direction. I like to think that Heaven is right here all the time, just in a different dimension. That’s why Jesus would often say to people ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand’. I think he literally meant ‘right at your fingertips’. Close enough to touch. In essence… that Heaven / Earth intersection is always imminent. In fact the Bible tells us that the veil that separated us from GOD has been torn from top to bottom and that we can boldly come before the Throne of Grace. One of my favorite passages in scripture is Hebrews 12:18-24. It tells me that I have come to the Heavenly, invisible, Mt. Zion and that I currently am in the presence of the spirits of just men made perfect, all of the hosts of Heaven and Jesus, the Mediator of this New Covenant…

Let me stop here.. I have a lot more to say. Especially about this lesson, but I’ve said enough already. The old folks used to say something like ‘Prayer is the key and Faith is the Door’. Remember that? Be Blessed Beloved. May you enjoy some quiet time with GOD this week.



.wb