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Luke 24: 17-24 (NIV)
He asked them, “What are you
discussing . . . as you walk along?” . . . One of them . . . asked him, “Are
you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened
here in these days?” “What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they
replied. . . .
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| So tear-filled are our eyes and so limited is our perspective that God could be the fellow walking next to us and we wouldn’t know it.* |
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We’ve all experienced that awkward moment – talking about
someone, probably saying things you shouldn’t, and something alerts you that,
“She’s right behind me, isn’t she?” Fortunately for these two men on the road
to Emmaus, they were just discussing the facts about Jesus and their feelings
about all that had happened in the past few days. They were too downcast to
recognize that it was Jesus who had joined them on their walk. When Jesus asked
what they were talking about, they must have thought, “Has he been living in a
cave?”
You would be sad, too, if you didn’t know the happy
ending/beginning or that Jesus was walking beside you. If, like these two men,
you don’t know the whole story, you might lose hope. The two men on the road,
as well as the other followers, did not necessarily live happily-ever-after in
fairy tale fashion but when their eyes were opened, their lives changed.
When you recognize that the resurrection is a fact and not a
rumor; when you have your own story to share about walking with him; then your
life has hope and meaning. Your faith is strengthened by your vision of the
risen Savior.
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| Jesus’ resurrection gives new purpose to life, new meaning to suffering, and new hope in the midst of sorrow.* |
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