Have you ever noticed that most people don’t like to go to prayer meetings? It seems that if you want to drive people away, just invite them to pray. Why don’t we pray more? Why don’t we enjoy praying with others? Maybe we don’t see the power of prayer. We say we believe in it. However, if we really believed in the power of prayer, we would spend more time praying. Have you ever noticed how Christians love to talk about prayer, but don’t spend much time in prayer? I have been in prayer meetings where we spent more time talking about our prayer request than we actually spent in prayer. I believe we could learn a lot from an account that happened to the disciples.
Jesus took Peter, James and John to a mountain top prayer meeting. Can you imagine what it would be like to be at a prayer meeting with Jesus? It seems that the disciples must have been Baptist because they had trouble staying awake during Jesus’ prayer meetings. Remember when Jesus prayed in the garden, he asked them to stay awake and pray, even for one hour. The three disciples were, according to scripture, drowsy and had fallen asleep at this mountain top prayer meeting (Luke 9:32).
While they were sound asleep, Jesus’ appearance changed. His face and His clothes became dazzling white. Then Moses and Elijah, appeared and began talking to Jesus. Luke 9:31 says: “who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.” They ministered to Jesus about God’s plan for him to suffer and die in Jerusalem. I wish I could have been there and heard what they said. They prepared Jesus for what he would endure for us.
The disciples awoke up and saw Jesus, Moses, and Elijah, they were amazed. I believe they regretted falling asleep during this prayer meeting. As Moses, and Elijah were about to leave, “Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said. Luke 9:33 (NKJV)
Jesus took Peter, James and John to a mountain top prayer meeting. Can you imagine what it would be like to be at a prayer meeting with Jesus? It seems that the disciples must have been Baptist because they had trouble staying awake during Jesus’ prayer meetings. Remember when Jesus prayed in the garden, he asked them to stay awake and pray, even for one hour. The three disciples were, according to scripture, drowsy and had fallen asleep at this mountain top prayer meeting (Luke 9:32).
While they were sound asleep, Jesus’ appearance changed. His face and His clothes became dazzling white. Then Moses and Elijah, appeared and began talking to Jesus. Luke 9:31 says: “who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.” They ministered to Jesus about God’s plan for him to suffer and die in Jerusalem. I wish I could have been there and heard what they said. They prepared Jesus for what he would endure for us.
The disciples awoke up and saw Jesus, Moses, and Elijah, they were amazed. I believe they regretted falling asleep during this prayer meeting. As Moses, and Elijah were about to leave, “Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said. Luke 9:33 (NKJV)
While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were fearful as they entered the cloud. Luke 9:34 (NKJV) Can you imagine a supernatural cloud that moved over them. What was this cloud? It was the “shikina” glory of God. Then the voice of God spoke from the cloud and said: “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him.” When God finished the cloud went away and Jesus was there alone.
This impacted Peter, James and John so much that they didn’t tell anyone what they had witnessed for a long time. There is a great deal said in scripture about the power of prayer. I believe that Peter, James and John learned something about prayer that day. If Jesus needed to pray, how much more do we need to pray? Most people give the excuse that they just don’t have time to pray. I am amazed that we always have time for the things that are important to us. Make prayer a priority in your life; you never know when you might have a mountain top prayer meeting.
Pastor Larry
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