Luke 9:18-22 has an interesting command. Peter has correctly stated that Jesus is Messiah, the Christ, the anointed one of God. Immediately Jesus commands the disciples not to tell anyone. Why not? Because Jesus must suffer, be rejected, die and be raised from the dead.

How about us? Do we seek attention for the special things God has done for us? Maybe we should not. Who knows but what we too, like Jesus, have many things to suffer, rejection to face and maybe even killed. If we brag about a special relationship to God, will not the name of God be slandered when we suffer? People will think that either we have lied about this relationship or that God is not able to protect His own.

When God shows himself to us in special ways or uses us to do His work in some unique way, we should keep quiet. For we do not know what will happen in the future.

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