Be Still And Know

Luke 24:31-33a NLT Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And at that moment he disappeared! They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us?” And within the hour they were on their way back to Jerusalem. The disciples who encountered Jesus after his resurrection record a number of different experiences. Despite the differences, they were all clear meetings, usually unexpected. Certainly, arriving at their home in Emmaus, these two disciples encountered the unexpected. Life takes on the character of an adventure when you are a follower of Jesus. When the odds appear stacked against us, we can choose to sink beneath them or call out in prayer and look for the unexpected. This is a measure of our resilience, our ability to return to the shape we were created to be; that is dependent upon God alone. This takes courage and a willingness to surrender control over my own destiny. These two disciples had left Jerusalem