This morning was a blessedly cool 22oC (71.6oF); a start difference to Friday when the temperature soared to 40o (104oF), so I decided to take advantage and sit on my deck for my quiet time.
I was reading Luke 24 – the story of the journey to Emmaus – and tried to imagine what it would have been like for those two disciples when Jesus joined them and at first pretended He didn’t know what they were talking about. They must have looked at Him with their jaws dropping, ‘What? Are you kidding us? You haven’t heard what happened to Jesus the Nazarene – have you been living in a cave?’
Then Jesus said to them, ‘So thick-headed; so slow-hearted. Why can’t you simply believe all that the prophets said?’ Then He reminded them of everything Moses and the prophets had said in the Scriptures about Messiah.
They wanted more, so when they reached Emmaus where they were going to stay, they begged Him to stay and have supper with them, and while they were eating, their travelling companion took some bread, gave thanks and broke it into pieces and gave it to them. It was in that instant they realised who He was – who had walked and talked with them on their journey.
They blinked in…in what? Disbelief? Shock? Amazement? Perhaps all three. And then He vanishes – just like that. But they believed. Oh how they believed!
‘When He talked to us along the road and explained the Scripture, didn’t it warm our hearts?’
Have you ever felt like that when you’re reading the Word, or maybe you’re listening to a sermon and your heart feels as though it’s about to burst and you want more and more. It’s what I imagine a starving man might feel like when he’s given a hearty meal. He just devours it and it seems as though he’ll never be satisfied; he wants more!
4 As long as I live, I will pray to you.
5 I will sing joyful praises and be filled with excitement like a guest at a banquet.
6 I think about you before I go to sleep, and my thoughts turn to you during the night. Psalm 3:4-6 (CEV)
That’s what I want to feel towards my Saviour – a hunger and yearning that just grows and grows – a desire for His Word that can’t be quenched. That’s my prayer this year and my prayer for you too.
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Thank you Lyn. A wonderful way to start the year. I feel like you wrote this just for me
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Thanks DJ, I pray we both grow closer to our Saviour this year.
Wow, Lyn. I read Luke 24 this morning, too! Thank you for the wise insights into this beautiful chapter, the perfect complement to my Scripture reading for the day.
I can just imagine the stunning elation when they saw that it was all true, that He was risen! And He is risen now! It’s still exciting. And it always will be!
It’s probably a good thing that I’m not one of the apostles. When I finally saw that it was Jesus, my shriek of joy would have burst eardrums all the way to Bethlehem
Thanks Firn, yes! it is so exciting that our Saviour is risen and one day will return for us. In the meanwhile, He’s busy building us a mansion
As I read your words, I know you were referring to Luke but Matthew immediately came to my mind: “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. That’s what He does in our lives…provides the calm after the storm.
Amen sister! I don’t know how people survive without Christ. I’m reminded of that wonderful old hymn, Peace be Still “Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea, Or demons or men, or whatever it be, no waters can swallow the ship where lies The Master of ocean, and earth and, skies; They all shall sweetly obey Thy will, Peace, be still!”
So, whenever we experience trials and tribulations in life, we can call upon our Saviour Who will say unto us, “Peace, Be Still.”