LUKE 24:13-16

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 recognising him.

TO PONDER

Have you ever had one of those experience where it wasn’t until afterwards that you realised it was a God moment, a divine encounter?

Today’s verse is the epitome of a divine encounter, a God moment where two of Jesus’ disciples were walking down a road debriefing the events of the past few days, trying to make sense of the crucifixion and the empty tomb when ‘it’ happened.

In the middle of their confusion, disappointment, and, I’m sure, heartbreak a stranger walks up to them and injects himself into their moment. The stranger even insults them, says they are being foolish and slow because they were missing what should have been obvious to them.

Sometimes we sit in ‘church’, hear the scriptures, learn about life and being a disciple and we still miss a divine encounter. Because it's often not until we walk down the road, returning to the real world, back in the mundane of the everyday that the God moments can take place because they usually happen in a context, not a classroom. If you are reading this, chances are you read scripture regularly, and probably even go to church often. If that's you, you have been taught well. Stop waiting around for the penny to drop because it may not happen until you start walking and living the things you have learned.

PRAYER:  Forgiving Saviour, I repent of my hard heart, for every time I have known what to do but failed to do it, for every encounter I have missed or overlooked because I was too busy doing other things.Open my eyes so that I might see more clearly the places where you invite me to encounter you and also the places where you want others to encounter you through me.  Amen.

Today's devotion written by Dany Brock, LifeWay Westside.