Lately, there has been one incident after another with myself and some around me that have met with one disappointment after another, life changes, health changes, death, etc..etc...I don't know why they are happening, only God knows that...but was reminded that no matter the disappointment, Jesus is walking there beside us...we may not recognize His presence at first, we may question the circumstances, we are so caught up in life that we don't see His provision, His Love, His comfort...or maybe we haven't recognized our need to call upon Him as our savior...and we are ask Him to be...He is readily available in all circumstances...
Job sat and listened..
Daniel entered the lions den..
The disciples took the Word to the World...
These men on the road were enlightened and encouraged...overjoyed when they recognized that Jesus was there all the time, even when they didn't recognized Him...
Luke 24:13-35 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
As they talked and discussed these things with each other,
Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him.
He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” “What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.” He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.
For those who have recognized their need for a savior, and have asked Jesus to save them, they have the promise of the abiding Holy Spirit to be with them and in them all the time...never leaving in anyway....we may not recognize Him, or acknowledge Him, but He is there always...ready to strengthen and comfort, deliver truth to our souls...
Thank YOU, Jesus, that you walk beside us...
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