Today's readings are Psalm 99, Deuteronomy 25:17-26:19, and Matthew 17:1-13.
How do we look to Jesus? Today in the account of the transfiguration we may find ourselves looking to Jesus as the one who made us to find a new means of worship. There's a temptation, as the apostles found, to try to do something - anything - which could specially recognize Jesus when we get a glimpse of his glory. Yet what we see is that God can bring glory to himself all by himself without depending on us to set up tabernacles or build altars. How then do we respond when we are confronted by Jesus' glory? As the Father tells the apostles, we are to listen to Jesus. In our Savior we see the riches of God's glory. We look to him and receive his word. Our words will add nothing.
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