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“They kept this word to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead meant.”  Mark 9:10 (HCSB)

Ever been there when despite our closeness to God, we just don’t get it?  We hear His words, we’re listening and we obey what He tells us to do – but we just don’t get it.  We call or text our circle of friends and attempt to figure it out, but our minds just can’t wrap around the truth sitting right before us.

Flip through the pages of Mark and you will find Peter, James and John climbing a high mountain with Jesus and feeling the same. Mark 9 unveils the riveting story of Jesus in all His glory revealing Himself to these men alone.  It was the “awe” moment of their lives.   And then Jesus asks them not to share their experience until He would rise from the grave.

The trio of disciples were the closest to Jesus – His inner circle, yet those words “rise from the dead” were foreign to their thinking.  They just didn’t get it.  Confusion circled their minds because what Jesus was saying was beyond even the miracles they had witnessed.  What they had experienced in the past, where they had walked with Jesus and all they had listened to Him say now hinged on them trusting Him enough to believe in what they couldn’t understand. Despite seeing Jesus in all His glory, the three came down off that mountain with their lips sealed.  They obeyed Jesus command to not share what they had seen until He rose from the dead.

I love the way scripture assures us that they didn’t leak the story.  No tweets, no posts, no Instagrams……they kept silent until God said it was okay.  I love the fact that Jesus called all three to share in that moment.  I love the way He knew they would need each other to confide in, to discuss what they couldn’t get and how He knew they could be entrusted with the truth.

So what do we do with those “I don’t get it” moments?  Do we run to social media and seek everyone’s comments?  Do we allow doubt to overwhelm the truth?  Or perhaps, like Peter, James and John we prove that we can trust Jesus with the things too glorious for us to understand.

“Father, Your ways are so much higher than we could ever imagine – help us to lean into You and accept what we don’t understand.”

For His Glory

Janet Martin
TRBC Women’s Life