Luke 24 records the two men walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus after Jesus’ death and they said, we had hoped that he was the Messiah, the one sent to rescue Israel—but now, he’s dead and our hope is gone.

Like we do, too, they assume’d that their circumstance was too much for God to change!

But when they came to know Jesus was alive, they said, didn’t our hearts burn within us when he explained the scriptures to us!

Just before his ascension, Jesus also opened the scriptures about himself to the disciples and said, and now you are witnesses of all these things! First-hand witnesses!

What an example to us for when our faith is lacking! We can ask Jesus to reveal himself to us in the scriptures and also, to bring to our remembrance all those things to which we’ve been witness of his power and his might.