What Do You Hear?

Matthew 17:1-9

This week I've been focused on how to walk our journey while the path isn't clear. The image of being in a cloud was prevalent in all the passages to this week; today's one included. The difference between today's passage and the others, though, is that we are actually invited to be inside the cloud instead of be a witness of it from afar.

I've had the privilege of driving through clouds, and really should have remembered that one can see in a cloud, maybe just not that far ahead. Depending on how thick the cloud is, one can actually see quite a bit - especially things that are up close. Just as the disciples saw Moses and Elijah as much as Jesus, when you're inside a cloud you can see the things closest to you.

What you can't see are the things further away. This makes the travel a little more dangerous, but not altogether impossible. One just has to travel a little slower and with an enhanced focus on their surroundings. Sometimes while we're in this heightened state of awareness we can see, or in the case of today's passage, hear things we might not have heard before.

When we trust in God's guidance we can find our way through the cloud and know that eventually we will safely emerge from the unknown. It's within the cloud that we're invited to slow down and pay attention to our surroundings so that we are able to see Jesus close to us and hear God's call for us to trust in where Jesus is leading us.

The next time things aren't clear and you don't know where to turn or where to go, listen for the voice of God to lead you towards Jesus. Then, trust in where Jesus is leading you.