Jesus Only

Consider what happened in Matthew seventeen; the Lord Jesus went up to the mount of transfiguration and He was transfigured before the Apostles Peter, James and John. There as they witnessed this glorious event, the Lord Jesus' face became shining as the sun and His raiment became white as the light. It was a preview of that coming kingdom of our Lord in the future day. Suddenly Peter, James and John noticed that there were two others standing up there, Moses and Elijah. They had never seen these tremendous figures, those men of God that were used so mightily in the Old Testament. Moses led the children of Israel from the land of Egypt to the borders of the land of Canaan and Elijah in one afternoon converted the whole of Israel back to Jehovah, the God of Israel. Mighty men of God!
There they were talking with the Lord Jesus. And Peter, without realizing what he was doing, took his vision off the Lord and started looking at Moses and Elijah. Then he got an idea. Ideas we produce when we do not have the Person of our Lord Jesus before our eyes, may be mistaken. And Peter started talking about his idea. He said, "Lord, it is good for us to be here: if Thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles." A tabernacle was a little booth. "One for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias." He put the Lord right on the same level with Moses and Elijah—a terrible mistake.
Immediately a cloud came and covered the whole scene and Moses and Elijah disappeared. When they lifted up their eyes they see only Jesus. Then a voice out of that cloud said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him." God is jealous of His glory and He is not going to allow any person to be put at the same level as the glorious Person of our Lord Jesus Christ.
How important it is not to be occupied with men. Thank God for the gifts that God has given to be a help to us, but we do not follow men. We ought to be followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.