He's Been There All Along

At the Transfiguration, the disciples glimpse God’s glory so that they may be drawn deeper into a life of trusting and following him down the mountain into the world. The gift faith gives us is not the certainty of feeling as if we "were there" with Jesus and the disciples, rather it gives us the confidence that in community and on the journey, Christ keeps meeting us, reshaping us, and revealing that he has been with us all along.