Easter or "Resurrection Sunday" - 40th day in the lent

Our Lord Jesus Christ has risen from the dead on the third day. 'for death could not keep Him in its grip.' Acts 2:24. Even though Jesus has foretold about His death and resurrection many times to the disciples, they have not remembered those words and hopeless when they found the missing of His body in the tomb. After the resurrection Jesus has been appearing to women and disciples in many occasions.The very risen day, He appeared to two of the disciples who were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. Let us see how Jesus has revealedHimself to them

Jesus Christ is walking with us in all our situation
        These two disciples were sad and they were talking together of all the things that had happened for Jesus.While they conversed and reasoned,Jesus Himself drew near and went with them.But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.Luke 24:15,16

• We also experience loneliness during our troubles due to our spiritual blindness and grief. But our Lord is always with us.
• Men can leave us, but our Lord never leaves us nor forsakes us.He is walking with us in all our situations.
• In Matthew 14:24-27, '..the boat was now in the middle of the sea,tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea...Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.'when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
• 'I have set the Lord always before me;Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.' Psalm 16:8 

Jesus Christ is talking with us with his word and leads us

         And Jesus said to the two disciples , “What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?” Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened there in these days?”And He said to them, “What things?”So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him....the women went to the tomb.When they did not find His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive...'Then He said to them, “....Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?” And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. '

• This shows Jesus is not quite while He is walking with us.
• He also wants us to share our concerns and anxieties with Him.
• Meanwhile He is revealing the truth fromHis Word (Scriptures) in order to increase our faith and strengthen in Him. He corrects our mistakes and teaches us what to do.
• while reading His word, let us ask the Lord 'Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law.' Then the Lord reveals us the depth of the word.
• 'You are my hiding place;You shall preserve me from trouble;You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.' Psalm 32:7
• “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?”Luke 24:32
• 'Remember the word to Your servant, upon which You have caused me to hope.This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your word has given me life.'Psalm 119:49,50

 Jesus Christ is dwelling within us in order to bless us
Then the disciples drew near to the village where they were going... they constrained Jesus, saying, “Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and  the day is far spent.” And He went in to stay with them.Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and
broke it, and gave it to them.Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.

• Whosoever is willing to accept Jesus as His savior, He stays with them.
• 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me'Rev 3:20
• Jesus looked up and said to Zacchaeus," Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”  So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully...Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham;.."
• When Jesus comes into our hearts, our eyes are opened and we understand Him and His word right way.
• 'For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your children within you. He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the  finest wheat.' Psalm 147:13,14

May our Lord help us to experience of walking with Him, talking with Him and dwelling with Him in our every aspects of life through out the rest of this year 2015. The promise the Lord giving us in Zephaniah 3:17 is so true if we abide in Him. Let this be our experience in the coming days.

Memory Verse
Zephaniah 3:17
'The Lord your God in your midst,The Mighty One, will save ;He will rejoice over you with gladness,He will quiet you with His love,He will rejoice over you with singing.'

Shared by Sis.Grace  Augustine, Palayamcottai, Tinnelveli

                                                                                                                                              4-4-2015