Our Hearts Burned Within Us

One of my favorite Bible stories is the story of the two disciples on the Emmaus Road. It was one of the first Bible stories I taught around Easter to a Sunday School class of boys and girls.

It is in Luke 24 of the Bible.

The two disciples were walking along talking about all the events of the past few days. And they were sad. They talked about how Jesus was suppose to have risen from the grave and even certain of the women had seen the empty tomb. But they still could not believe all that they had heard. They still had doubts.

They talked about Jesus' crucifixion and how He had said He would rise again and be their Redeemer. And as they walked along, Jesus came near them and started walking along beside them. But they did not know that it was Jesus. It was almost like he was playing a trick on them so that they could not recognize Him.

Jesus asked them what they were talking about and why they were sad.

They couldn't believe He did not know about all the events that had happened. They said you must be a stranger in Jerusalem.

Jesus couldn't believe that they still doubted. Jesus said, "Did you not listen? Did you not read the prophecies in the Word of God. You even saw the miracles that Jesus did. Did you not read Isaiah and the Psalms?"

When they drew near to their village, Jesus acted like He was going to leave them and keep on walking. But, since it was getting late, the disciples asked Him to come and eat with them and rest awhile at their home.

When they sat down to eat and broke the bread and blessed it, Jesus vanished. Their eyes had been opened and they immediately knew that the man that had walked with them and talked with them had been Jesus.

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

We are so much like those two disciples. We read the Bible and all the promises in it and how much Jesus loves us and shed His precious blood for us so that we could have everlasting life. And yet we still doubt His mercy and His grace.

The two disciples didn't realize it was Jesus until they prayed and had sweet fellowship with Him. When we let Jesus talk to us through His Word and through prayer our hearts can burn within us.

We are so thankful for the shed blood of Jesus and the resurrection.

We love you and wish everyone a Blessed Easter.

Matthew 28:6

He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.