Sat.’s Devo - Earnest Longing

Read: Luke 24:13-49; Mark 16:12-18; John 20:19-21:25
If I could go back to any time during the Bible and be present it would be on the road to Emmaus. I would love to hear Jesus explain all the signs and prophecies about his first coming. The word Emmaus means “in earnest longing”. These men were in earnest longing of some understanding and Jesus came and brought it to them. They had walked seven miles that day with Jesus explaining scripture to them. When they perceived that it was Jesus they had been talking to they immediately got back on the road and walked the seven miles back to Jerusalem. I bet they ran some of it because they were so excited. They said, “didn’t our hearts burn within us as he talked?” That is the feeling we get when we receive revelation knowledge straight from the Holy Spirit.
As they were telling the disciples, Jesus appeared again in the midst of them. How daunting! He told them to receive the Holy Spirit even though he hadn’t come yet. He was giving them a foretaste.
Later, Peter decided to go fishing. If you look back to Luke 5 you will read how Peter was doing the same thing when Jesus first met him and used his boat to preach in. When he had finished teaching he told Peter to cast his net out again. When he did he pulled in so many fish it broke the nets and filled up both boat to over capacity. Peter was so astonished he left everything and followed Jesus. Once again, Peter had reverted to what he knew before Jesus. Jesus did the same sign and Peter instantly knew it was Jesus. Peter was so excited, he jumped into the water and left the men to haul in the fish. After Jesus fed them he called Peter once again to leave his job and become an evangelist for Him.
How many times do we feel confused at what God has called us to do and revert back to what is comfortable to us. God didn’t condemn Peter for going back to fishing. He just found him where he was and gave him a new commission. Some of us need that new commission. Jesus’ disciples all had an earnest longing to understand what was going on and what their place was just as we do. Everything is shifting in the heavens and on earth to usher us into this new kingdom age. We all have an earnest longing to know how to enter in.
Lord, let us know the next step in walking in your kingdom age.