“2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves to be alone. He was transformed in front of them, 3 and His clothes became dazzling — extremely white as no launderer on earth could whiten them. 4 Elijah appeared to them with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
5 Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, its good for us to be here! Let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah” — 6 because he did not know what he should say, since they were terrified.
7 A cloud appeared, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud:
“This is My beloved Son;
listen to Him!”
8 Then suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus alone.
9 As they were coming down from the mountain, He ordered them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10 They kept this word to themselves, discussing what rising from the dead meant.
11 Then they began to question Him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
12 “Elijah does come first and restores everything,” He replied. “How then is it written about the Son of Man that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13 But I tell you that Elijah really has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is written about him.”
Mark 9:2-13
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We have these expectations for how we think things are supposed to happen. We interpret the signs around us, we look to see just what God may be telling us, but we still have that tendency to want to see things the way we think they should be seen.

Its called bias, and it’s really hard to shake and see around sometimes. We naturally want things to work out our way, to our advantage, and so we see things and situations in ways that benefit us, even if it requires bypassing logic for a little while.

Up on that hilltop, Peter’s logic was essentially done away with, keeping Jesus up on that hilltop as a little private party would not fit into the plan of God and the desire He had for the ministry of Jesus. It may have served Peter well, but it would have left so many people out in the cold, spiritually speaking. And if Jesus never left the hilltop, then we’d have to ask, how would He have made it to Golgotha?

We may want to seek things out for ourselves that are good for us, but we must also seek out the good of others. We must seek out the will of God in its fullenss, not just in what works well for us. We need to ask God for His eyes, His wisdom and seek His plan in the midst of our wants and biases.

The heart that desires to GoLove in Jesus’ Name is the heart that should also seek His will above our own. We should seek to see as He sees, to hear what He says and to do what He would do. It is love, and is therefore not self-serving. This requires constant prayer and a humble heart, both of which are made possible by the power, strength and will of God for those who would seek Him.