As the disciples walked along the road to Emmaus their hearts burned inside. The reason was they were experiencing God and not realizing it. Whenever we have one of these “God moments” there’s no denying the overwhelming calm, peace, and heavy emotion we experience. Every single time I watch a Christian movie, I always get this feeling when it comes to Truth being revealed during the moving moments in the film. For instance, in the movie “Like Arrows”, when the father apologizes to his teenage daughter for not being there for her, or when the prodigal son returns home after 32 years of absence to celebrate his parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, I feel this stirring in my heart. I find myself taking a deep breath. My eyes start to tear up. That my friend, is God’s presence. It’s His nearness to us that stirs our soul. It’s something you can’t predict, but when it happens, you never forget it. Can you remember a time when you were moved by God’s presence? A time when your heart burned within you? Thank God for those times. And ask Him to allow you to experience many more of them.
31 Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him. And at that moment He disappeared!32 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?”
Luke 24:31-32
An Ordinary Man's Pursuit of the Extraordinary God of the Bible. These are daily insights from reading the Bible from cover to cover yearly. It is intended to point others to the Truth, and inspire people to pursue the God of the Bible individually.
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