BURNING HEARTS

READING: LUKE 24:28-35

Verse 33: “So they rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together.”

Following the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, He met two of His followers who were traveling from Jerusalem to the nearby village of Emmaus. Their experience with their resurrected Lord as they journeyed, brought realities to life regarding the earthly ministry of the Lord. Then, when Jesus departed from them they said to each other, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” After that singular time with Jesus, they were no longer motivated to go to Emmaus. Instead they changed their direction and went to Jerusalem to tell the others what had happened. Their experience is completely representative of what happens when people have authentic encounters with their Savior. Just as these two men did, people no longer want to go where they were previously headed. Such a transforming encounter gives a person a new destination! To truly experience the presence of the Lord is to have a life turned around. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE

1. What is the typical new direction that follows an encounter with Jesus?

2. What do you suppose these two men said to the disciples in Jerusalem?