Tues., 7/7/15 Devotion (Matt. 17:8)

Today's encouragement comes from Matthew 17:8, where we read these words:

"When they [the three disciples] had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only."

The account above is in reference to Christ's transfiguration on the mountain—when Moses and Elijah showed up to join the Savior and the three apostles (Peter, James, and John). After the encounter with the heroes of the Old Cov-enant church (Moses and Elijah), the three disciples saw "no one but Jesus only."

Why? Because everything Moses and Elijah did and wrote pointed directly and only to Jesus. And, in comparison with the Messiah, Moses and Elijah were "small potatoes." Let all faithful believers look to Christ alone for their souls' help and salvation. No one else can do what He alone is capable of do-ing.

[Puritan quote of the day: "In a word, as Christ's Person excels your person, so His obedience infinitely exceeds your disobedience.” —Christopher Love, in, "The Dejected Soul's Cure"]