2月24日

標　　題： 「這是我的愛子…你們要聽祂。」

經　　節： 說話之間，忽然有一朵光明的雲彩遮蓋他們，且有聲音從雲彩裡出來，說：「這是我的愛子，我所喜悅的。你們要聽祂！」（馬太福音十七章5節）

彼得和其他門徒老是分心，沒注視神。每當耶穌專注一件事，門徒似乎總是被其他事情吸引，分散了注意力。為了要幫助祂三位最親密的門徒，更深瞭解那即將來臨、被釘死於十字架的犧牲，耶穌帶他們登上變像山。在那裡，耶穌變成榮耀的形像。並且，歷史上最偉大的兩位神人──摩西和以利亞──也添加他們。然而，門徒們卻睡著了！在歷史上最深奧的其中一刻，門徒居然選擇睡覺，卻不與神子一同祈禱。當門徒睡醒，他們居然又分心。這回，彼得宣佈了自己的計畫，他要搭三座棚子。門徒比較關心自己能夠為神做甚麼，卻不關心神就要藉著祂的愛子成就的救贖大工。最後，神挪走摩西和以利亞，只留下耶穌。神說：「這是我的愛子，我所喜悅的。你們要聽祂！」我們在靈性的追求上很容易分心。你是否發覺自己關注每一件事物，就是不專注基督和祂的工？你是否急切地「做工」，卻根本未搞清楚神的心意？天父是否需要挪去那些使你分心的人事物？你是否需要轉眼定睛仰望耶穌？

“This Is My Beloved Son . . . Hear Him!”

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!" (Matthew 17:5)

Peter and the other disciples were continually disoriented to God. While Jesus was concerned about one thing, it seems that the disciples were always distracted by something else. In order to help his three closest disciples better focus on His imminent sacrifice on the cross, Jesus took them up to the Mount of Transfiguration. There, Jesus was transfigured into a glorious state and was joined by Moses and Elijah, two of history’s mightiest men of God. The disciples, however, were asleep! At one of the most profound moments in history, the disciples were more interested in sleep than they were in praying with the Son of God.

When the disciples awakened, they became distracted again. This time, Peter announced his plans to build three tabernacles. The disciples were more concerned with what they could do for God than the incredible work of redemption God was about to accomplish through His Son. Finally, God removed everything from the disciples’ sight but Jesus. “This is My Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!”

It is so easy to become spiritually distracted. Do you find yourself focusing on everything else but Christ and the work He is doing around you? Are you so eager to “get to the work” that you have not yet clearly heard what is on God’s heart? Does the Father need to remove from your life those things that are proving to be a distraction to you? Do you need to refocus on Jesus?