July 27th, 21

Need a confidence boost? Peters experience on the Mount of Transfiguration filled him with confidence. He recalled that experience here in our reading in 2 Peter, 1: 19. When he says, because of that experience, we have even greater confidence. In the message we proclaim by the prophets. hearing the voice of God built his confidence. What he heard was God's declaration of love for his son. God's voice broke out and said, This is my son whom I love. With him, I am well pleased. Listen to him. Peter is still drawing confidence from this word. This declaration of God's love for his son, Peter strong confidence from this experience, because there he was awakened to the love of God. In john 17, Jesus is speaking to the Father and He says, I am in them, and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. This was starting to happen for Peter, this realization that God loved him, just as he loved Jesus, the son, in this truth .  It would begin to take hold and take root in Peter's life. It was this knowledge and experience of God's love that gave him confidence to move forward. Have you experienced the love of the Father? experiencing his love transforms us from the inside out? It gives us confidence. It gives us courage to move forward. If you're feeling unconfident, that's okay. Just listen to the words proclaimed over Jesus. He, we, are God's child and you are loved. That seed will take some time to grow in your life, just as it did with Peter. But allow the Holy Spirit to nurture this reality in your life and grow. That's the prayer that I have for my own soul. That's the prayer that I have for my family for my wife, my daughters, my son. And that's a prayer that I have for you. May it be so

You are loved!