Daily Devotional

-May 6, 2021-

Good morning, happy Thursday,

-God opens the Scriptures To Us-

“And they said to one another, ‘Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road? And while He opened the Scriptures to us?’”

(Luke 24:32).

Luke is the only gospel writer who included this incident in the lives of two disciples on the road to Emmaus after the resurrection. Emmaus was about seven miles from Jerusalem. One was named Cleopas and the other is unnamed. The story is found in Luke 24:13-33 and is such a blessing. The risen Lord Himself appeared to them, spending time with them, sharing a meal with them, and opening the Scriptures to them.

They did not recognize who this stranger was until He had just vanished from their sight. This was not the first time His followers had failed to recognize Him after His resurrection. Mary Magdalene thought He was the gardener; and the apostles thought He was a kind man offering them breakfast on the shores of Galilee after fishing all night and catching nothing. Here in Luke 24:16 it says, “But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know them.”

These two disciples were at first so sad that their Lord was crucified. Jesus changed their hearts and minds; He turned their sorrow into joy. He rebuked them and reminded them of His purpose for coming into this world. Luke 24:25-26 says, “Then He said to them, ‘O foolish ones, and slow to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?’”

Jesus beginning at the law and the prophets

, taught them about Himself. What a Bible study that was. I am sure that He covered Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22, along with many others. Jesus is on every page of Scripture in one form or another. In the OT He appears as the Angel of the Lord, in what are called theophanies, meaning appearances of God in human form born His birth into the world.

They were so moved, that after Jesus vanished from they both said, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” They immediately turned and went back to Jerusalem to tell the eleven disciples what they saw and heard!

As believers today we also so blessed to spend time with Jesus in prayer and the Word. Though we cannot see Him physically or hear audibly, He speaks to our hearts and encourages us as He did these two disciples. He turns our sorrow into joy, directs our paths, and feeds our souls. Are you facing some hardship, problem, need, or decision? Jesus knows and cares.

Hebrews 4:14-16, says, “Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

May we spend time with Jesus our Savior every single day in prayer and in His Word. He will train us, maintain us, and sustain us!

Have a blessed day walking with Jesus. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean