The Path to Transfiguration – The Purpose of Strength

The Path to Transfiguration – The Purpose of Strength

He who does not get wings to fly to this realm will live to hear tidings of it from the mute
- Dante Alighieri 'Paradiso' (1265-1321)

'Your eyes show the strength of your soul!' These words, I read from what I consider one of the greatest writings to humanity - ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho. The simple truth is our vision is a product of the strength of our minds. Remember the words of the scripture, ‘the glory of the youth is his strength’, not his vision. Like the biblical Samson, we will perish because we lack vision, but we lose our vision because we lose our strength. Consequently, the key to preserving your vision rests on the preservation of your strength. Then, we can soar with wings as eagles, walk and not faint.

One reality we must face on our path to experiencing our true being, fulfilment or what I call ‘tranfiguration' is the fact that our vision is for an appointed time. Visions are for seasons and without the strength to see a manifestation in due season, the vision is fruitless; we merely become as a woman in labor, with no strength to bring forth children. As hard as it may seem to accept, the truth is our vision cannot be stopped by our enemies because it is Divinely purposed. However, our strength to come into the reality of the vision is where we can win or lose this war.

Our generation is losing out because we have so many strength drainers. These, as the writer of Numbers(chapter 33,vs55) in the Holy Scripture puts it have become ‘thorns in our sides’ and ultimately ‘pricks in our eyes’. Unhealed wounds drain blood until we have no life in us, and hence, no sight! Remember, the life and the strength is in our blood, not in our eyes! Beloved, we cannot afford to become weary now, for if we fall in the day of tribulation, our strength is small.

This is a call to conserve, preserve and multiply strength. Here lies our hope for transfiguration!