"...Then Their Eyes Were Opened And They Recognized HIM!"

It is in life's common experiences

(J. R. Miller, "The Life of JESUS")

"When HE was at the table with them, 

HE took bread, gave thanks, broke it 

and began to give it to them. Then 

their eyes were opened and they 

recognized HIM!" Luke 24:30-31 

It was a wonderful walk that the two

friends took that afternoon. The MAN

who joined them, seemed only to be

a common stranger. HE had a kindly

manner, and the three were soon

talking familiarly. HE opened to them,

the meaning of great Scripture words,

saying many things HIS companions

could never forget. They were so

pleased with HIS company, that

when they reached the end of their

journey, they urged HIM to become

their guest, and He consented.

It was at their evening meal together,

that the Stranger revealed HIS identity.

Perhaps, as HE took the bread and was

in the act of breaking it, they saw HIS

hands with the print of the nails in them.

We do not know just how it happened;

we only know that it was while they were 

at their plain, simple evening meal--

that

"then their eyes were opened
and they recognized HIM!"

It is in life's common experiences, 

that CHRIST usually reveals HIMSELF 

to us. One of HIS disciples asked 

HIM to show them the FATHER--

he wanted some remarkable 

revealing, a great glory, like 

the Sinai splendor. JESUS said, 

"Have I been with you these three years--
and have you never known ME? I have 
been showing you the FATHER all 
the while!" (John 14:9)

HE had been doing this in sweet, 

gentle living, in patience, in kindness, 

in thoughtfulness, in purity and 

simplicity of life. The disciples 

had seen all these beautiful things 

in their MASTER, day after day--

but they had not dreamed that 

these were divine revealings; that 

in them, HE was revealing GOD!

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