I
come expecting to receive, His mercy and His grace,
When
I eat the bread and drink the wine,
It
will be a holy moment in time,
I
come expecting Jesus, to meet me in this place.
By
John Chisum.
When the two men were walking to Emmaus, they did not recognize the lord who appeared to them. The revelation did not occur to them as one would have expected. I am talking about the revelation that Immanuel, God with us was not yet clicked into their minds. They had Him standing and walking right in their direction yet they knew Him not. Quick relation to today and you will see people who are walking with Jesus yet, they do not know Him. They cannot recognize His face. They cannot recognize that the Lord is risen and He will never die again. Look at the story in Luke 24:13-35 New Living Translation (NLT)
The Walk to Emmaus
13 That
same day two of Jesus’ followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven
miles[a] from Jerusalem. 14 As
they walked along they were talking about everything that had happened. 15 As
they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself suddenly came and began
walking with them. 16 But
God kept them from recognizing him……28 By this time they
were nearing Emmaus and the end of their journey. Jesus acted as if he were
going on, 29 but they begged him, “Stay the night with us,
since it is getting late.” So he went home with them. 30 As
they sat down to eat,[b] he took the bread and blessed it.
Then he broke it and gave it to them. 31 Suddenly,
their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And at that moment he
disappeared!
32 They
said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts
burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to
us?”
These
two men felt the manifestation of Jesus in their hearts when He started talking
about the scriptures. They however did not recognize Him. They did not know Him
at the time. Sometimes we are walking to Emmaus and the Lord appears to us and
we cannot recognize Him until the bread is broken, and wine is offered. It
takes the bread of life to have open eyes, open ears and open hearts.
We
know within us what the truth is but until the bread is broken, our hearts,
eyes and ears stay closed. As the Lord breaks the bread to you, every time you
read the word and an as He offers the cup before God as the High priest, the
author and finisher of our faith, release our heart, your ignorance and submit
to the opening of your heart. As John Chisum makes that prayer that he expects to see Jesus at the place of
breaking of bread and offering of the wine, symbols of Jesus’ sacrifice, let it
be that holy moment in time for you too. Let His will be done on earth, for
you, as it is in heaven. In heaven, the will has been done already, now let the
will of the Father crowd your mind with understanding, knowledge and wisdom
that only He, can give.
