Expect the Unexpected

And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them. But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him. (NASB, Luke 24:13–16)

Another story like this one is where the disciples are in a room and Jesus appears. They are frightened and think they had seen a ghost of Christ. Jesus took the time to authenticate and convince the men of His real presence.

“Both sorts of evidence are necessary to a perfect faith, just as both sorts of vision, the outward and the inward, were necessary to make the disciples thorough believers in the fact of the resurrection. But some begin with the one, some with the other. Some are convinced first that the gospel story is true and then perhaps long after waken up to a sense of the importance and preciousness of the things which it relates.” The Training of the Twelve, A. B. Bruce, pp. 501.

In the story of the two men on the road to Emmaus, the two men commented about how their hearts burned within themselves when Jesus spoke to them about the Scriptures. This started a little light which began to pour into their souls of the hope; and now that hope was made manifest to the eleven in the upper room…

How far had the men on the road come to have their eyes opened to the Scriptures of the past to reveal the Son of God! If only men in this era could see this, would their lives be transformed into something wonderful! You see, it’s a totally wonderful thing to see the God of the Bible expositing His truths each day, But what would it be like to see the God of the Bible in your very presence? Do think that would elevate your view of Jesus?

For each of us every day and week, Jesus is waiting to manifest Himself in our lives. The sad part is most of us missing Him when He really shows up. We can become very good students of the Bible (which is awesome and inspiring); however, would it not be simply life transforming to see the risen Savior show up in your little world today? I believe this is possibly for every person who has trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. So how do we see Him?

Let’s try by inviting Him... Then expect He will manifest Himself! Then let’s pray for unexpected things which according to His will are possible. Let’s ask Him to do the hardest things we never could have expected!

If we don’t, we may be like to the two men on the road not even recognizing the risen Savior, because let’s face it; in their minds He was dead. They needed time to mourn their loss and they didn’t have time for interruptions! We may also be like the eleven in the room; surprised and scared at the same time because a ghost had appeared!

Do the unexpected today. Expect Jesus to show up today!