Let’s stay in Luke 24 and focus on this verse which says – ‘Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him’ (v. 31 NIV).

Let me continue to paraphrase the account in Luke 24 where, in the middle of their sadness and disappointment, Jesus appears to the two disciples but they did not recognise Him. After they urged and pleaded with the stranger to remain with them, Jesus went with them into the village and joined them at the table for supper, took bread, blessed it and broke it, then gave it to them. Suddenly, their eyes were opened and they realised He was Jesus! Then in a flash, Jesus vanished from before their eyes!

Just imagine how they must have felt: one moment they were enjoying His presence, His words, then suddenly their eyes were opened to who was in their midst, the very Jesus that they were talking about – and in a split second he vanishes! 

Do you know that you can be in the very presence of Jesus and not recognise Him? That’s what happened with those two disciples on the Emmaus Road. They journeyed with Him, talked to Him, heard Him speaking powerful words, to the point that once Jesus left them, they said to each other at ‘Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us on the road?’ (v. 32 NKJV.)

You see, we can be so close to Jesus and yet so far. Many today have journeyed with Jesus, talked to Him, heard Him and yet not recognised Him. Today, may God open our eyes and gives us a fresh revelation of Himself, that His Word may once again burn within us, spurring us on to go and tell the good news that Jesus is risen!

The word SUDDENLY speaks of an unexpected event. The word ‘suddenly’ should be very important for us all today because it reminds us that just at our point of need, just when we need Him most, that is when Jesus wants to reveal Himself to us! And that is what these two disciples experienced after the resurrection when Jesus met them. In an instant, hope and peace was restored – they could see a future. They knew they would get through their disappointments and in that moment, they experienced the power of His resurrection for themselves.  

You see, resurrection power is the work of God in the life to come that reaches into our present and brings us into a union with Him. Did you know that resurrection power is working in us now? All who know Jesus as their personal Saviour can activate the resurrection power inside them. That is what the apostle Paul said; ‘I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead’ (Philippians 3:10 NLT). And today, we too can experience that very same power!

Last weekend, Easter weekend, we remembered the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, which He experienced willingly to provide us with abundant life for now and for eternity. Sadly, it is often celebrated by most people only as a once-a-year event, yet we are meant to live and operate in resurrection power every day!

So, today let’s open our eyes to the risen Lord and once again allow His word to burn within each one of us and activate the resurrection power by allowing Jesus Christ to reveal Himself afresh into our life as our Lord and Saviour. Let’s experience every yoke that we carry to be destroyed under His resurrection power and enjoy every part of THE BLESSING that Christ has released by giving us eternal life.