Imprinted

Easter is a divine mystery, a celebration that leaves us with questions we don’t understand. How could God love us so much He would send Jesus to die? How did His body change when He rose from the dead? Why didn’t He stay on earth a little longer to spend more time with His disciples?

We might not be able to answer these questions fully until Jesus returns. Like Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 1:25, “God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.†God’s ways are not our ways. God doesn’t fit into our human understanding. But we can ask God to open our eyes to see how He is working around us.

I love the story of Jesus’s walk with two of His followers on the road to Emmaus. Jesus’s followers were discussing all that had happened since Jesus was put to death on a cross, and they felt confused and lost. Wasn’t Jesus supposed to bring redemption? How was His death part of the plan? And how did His body disappear from the tomb?

Jesus met them where they were. They didn’t recognize Him, but He walked with them, listened, and explained the Scriptures. They invited Him to stay with them, and He joined them at the table. When He broke bread, their eyes were opened to the truth, and they recognized Jesus. Then He disappeared.

We often take a bit to catch on, don’t we? We don’t always understand how God is working. We don’t always recognize the Holy Spirit’s presence. But God is here. He is with us. He is doing a great work in our hearts. And we can trust in His works of redemption. • Becca Wierwille

• Why do you think Jesus’s followers didn’t recognize Him on the road to Emmaus? (Luke 24:16) What did they do after they recognized Jesus? (Luke 24:30-35)

• Has there been a time in your life when you didn’t understand what God was doing in the moment, but looking back you can see how He was present and working?

Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight. They said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us while he was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?†Luke 24:31-32 (CSB)

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Ps.139.23-Ps.139.24|2Pet.1.3-2Pet.1.8|2Cor.3.18