Joyous Understanding

Re:Verse passage – Luke 24:13-35 (day five)

“They said to one another, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?’”

In my work here at the church, I have the profound and wonderful privilege to see kids understand Scripture and the truth of God in new ways. Sometimes, it is the first time they understand that Jesus died for them and their sin. Other times, it is simply understanding that God knows their name and what they ate for breakfast! Each time, you can see in their eyes, hear in their voice, or understand in their actions that they finally get it. These are incredibly joyous moments that I do not take lightly that the Lord has blessed me with.

I suspect that Jesus loved moments like these when His disciples finally got it and understood all that He had done for them and for us. I suspect that joy filled the room and maybe knocked them on their feet. I suspect that their burning hearts were filled with love anew. As these disciples spent time walking, unawares, with Jesus, little did they know that they were about to have their world turned upside down with a new understanding of who Jesus is.

Have you ever had a moment of discovery and understanding hit you like this? This understanding, discovery, and clarity of the Words of God may come immediately during your study, days later, months later, or years later after meditating on its words. These moments of understanding are times that lift the soul and bring clarity to the Word of God in profound and new ways. I hope you have. May we never stop yearning for the truth of God’s Word in our lives. And may we joyfully read the Bible, expecting God to reveal it anew to us.