Meditations

Luke 24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
Luke 24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
Luke 24:32 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?
Years ago, while listening to a very powerful sermon I was reminded of the Account/story of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. I am sure all of us have at one time or the other and hopefully many times listened to sermons which have caused our hearts to burn within us. Sermons which, starting with the prophets have expounded on the life and the reason for the coming of Christ. Listened to pastors who have been given words of knowledge by the Holy Spirit which caused each of us to talk together of all the things which had been said and happened. Sermons which caused each of us to reason and have the desire for Christ to draw near to each of us. Sermons which have expounded the scriptures in such a way that no one could resist the truth and power in the words of logic spoken from the Word of God about the Word of God. Funny thing to me in all this is the truth which lies in these verses:
Luke 24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
Luke 24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
Even after Christ Himself the risen Lord and Word of God did preach this detailed account: Luke 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Yes, even with the preaching of the greatest preacher who ever lived it was not until “he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. ” That “their eyes were opened, and they knew him;”
This gave me pause to think. It is only when Christ himself breaks the bread of life and feeds the heart of a man, that a man’s eyes will be open. Regardless of how our hearts burn within us, it is the hands of Christ which breaks the bread and opens our eyes. It was then when that it was said of these two disciples: “and they knew him;”.

David