Fri.’s Devo - On the Road to Emmaus

Read Luke 24:13-32 While the disciples were contemplating the news that Jesus’ tomb was empty, two other men were on their way to Emmaus. Emmaus means “an earnest longing” which is what these two men had. They were having a conversation about what had happened in Jerusalem while they were there for the feast. Jesus appeared and walked with them. The Holy Spirit had closed their eyes to the truth that Jesus was the man walking with them. Jesus asked them what they were talking about. They asked him if he didn’t know what had happened in Jerusalem. He acted dumb and asked them “what things?” The they told him how Jesus of Nazareth, the great prophet was crucified by the chief priest and rulers. They had thought he would be the one to redeem Israel. It was now the third day and when the women went to his grave they didn’t find his body, but an angel who told them that he was alive. Then Jesus began to teach these two men starting at the beginning with Moses and all through the prophets, all the prophecies about Jesus’ first coming. As they approached their village, Jesus acted like he was going on, so they asked him to come in for the night. He did and as he was sitting down to eat with them, he took the bread, blessed it and broke it, then gave it to them and their eyes were opened and they knew who he was. He then vanished into thin air. They said, “Didn’t our heart burn within us, while he talked with us and opened the scriptures?” There earnest longing was satisfied in Jesus. It was not until Jesus took the bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them that the two men could “see”. That is what Jesus does for us. He is the living bread and when he takes the Word of God, blesses it, breaks it and gives it to us, we can see the mysteries in it. Lord, we pray that you would take your Word and bless, break, and give it to us that our eyes would be open to You.