Hear Him

"While he [Peter] yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only" (Matthew 17:5-8).

Peter's speech was superseded
By a cloud that brightly shined,
When a voice therein entreated,
And the Father spoke His mind.

"This is My beloved Son,
In whom I am well pleased;
Hear Him”, and when that was done,
Great fear upon them seized.

But Jesus came and touched them then
And said to them, “Arise,
Be not afraid." And that was when
They lifted up their eyes.

So may Jesus fill our vision;
So may Jesus thus be heard.
Let the Father's wise derision,
Bid us only hear His Word.

For by Him we can truly see,
And by Him we can truly hear.
And only Christ so tenderly
Can by His touch remove our fear.