Selah List for February 22 2010 - The Look of Love 2
July 21st, 2010
SELAH LIST
Last week, we talked about ‘’THE LOOK OF LOVE’’, and the effect the look of Jesus had on various people. We came to the conclusion that we need to look on Him. In fact He is saying to His church today “Take a life changing look”. I have a sense that if the church stopped long enough to take a look, we would be a different people, well able to walk in our different spheres, and through the eye locking power of His love, bring change into so many areas.
This week’s “thought” is a sequel to last week. I was reading a few days ago, the account of the two on the road to Emmaus. They were having a deep discussion of the events that had occurred in the last few days. Jesus had been crucified, and three days later, the tomb was found empty by some of the women who had followed Jesus. While the two men were walking and discussing, all of a sudden Jesus appeared on the road and began having a conversation with them. They did not, however, recognize Him, and just continued to converse, as they would with a stranger.
He asked what they were talking about, and one of them called Cleopas said, “Have you been living in Jerusalem all of this time, and not heard what’s been going on?” And so the discussion continued, Jesus asking them questions, and they answering. One statement they made, really caught my attention, they were speaking of Jesus, and called Him a “prophet”. What that tells us is that they did not have a revelation of who He was. To them He was another prophet, there had been many along the generations in Israel, and no doubt there would be many more. However, this One that they were now speaking with on the road that day was far more than a prophet. He had been with them for three years, and their eyes were still closed to the awesome revelation that He was the Son of God. As we read on, we see that their hope was that this Man, would have redeemed Israel, and set the nation free. Indeed that would happen, but not in the earthly sense that they were thinking of. Jesus goes on to explain to them some of the things that He had in the past years already explained, and in fact calls them “`sluggish in mind“ and slow to believe.
They turn in to a place to lodge, as it`s already getting late, and urge this Man to come with them. They sit at table together. Jesus takes a loaf of bread, and breaks it, and thanks His Father. At this juncture something awesome happens, THEIR EYES ARE INSTANTLY OPENED. They immediately recognize Him, and He vanishes out of their sight. They are amazed at this revelation, and compare notes as to how even when they were walking on the road, their hearts were burning. They go back to Jerusalem to report to the eleven, and they relate how their eyes were opened AT THE BREAKING OF BREAD.
There is, I believe, still a revelation that we need to have of Him, and I have a sense that in the coming days, as we corporately eat at His table, we will come into yet another fresh revelation of His person. F.F.Bruce, the commentator, explains that the `breaking of bread“ in this passage is the same sacrament as we practice at our breaking of bread service in remembrance of Him.
In many ways, we are like the two on the road; our eyes are not fully opened. There is still a veil that needs to come off, so we can see clearly. We must have personal revelation of Who He is, not the revelation of others. In this day of processed, quick, internet revelation, it is imperative that we come to His table personally and ask for our own revelation. Until we do, our eyes will remain veiled. Know this week that He longs to look on you to present Himself to you in a fresh and new way, at the Breaking of Bread.
KEEP LOOKING!!!
Think on these things
Blessings on you and your household
Janet Kristensen.
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