Were not our hearts burning?

I pray this will bless and challenge you as we enter into the weekend.

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32)

After Jesus’ resurrection and before his ascension, He spent time with some of his disciples “breaking bread.” Not long after this, their eyes were opened to the fact that this truly was Jesus raised from the dead. “Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight.” (v. 31)

“Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (v. 32)

I imagine after this statement the disciples were thinking to themselves, “Man, we should have known it was Him!” “Whom else do we surround ourselves with whom makes our hearts burn like fire!?” “Whom else are we around who when reading the word of God causes a white hot fire to burn within our souls?!” “This is Jesus!” “This is the son of the living God!” “This is the same Jesus who healed the sick, delivered people, and fed the multitudes!” “This is the same Jesus who promised He would rise from the dead!”

You see when we spend time with Jesus Christ our hearts will burn brightly with the Holy Spirit of God! People will wonder, “Why doesn’t he or she just calm down a bit?” “Why do they have to be so “radical?” When you have an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ there will be a fire that burns to brightly in your heart that nothing can put it out! Although the devil and hell comes at you it can’t be quenched! Although people and certain religion come your way to tell you to “settle down” a bit it just can’t go down! Although you may experience trials of many kinds and the fire may “dwindle” down just a bit it won’t go out because He lives within you! His spirit burns within you and something happens when you crack open His word and they (His words) coming leaping off of the red letters!

How about it? Does your heart burn for Jesus? Does your heart burn when you spend time with Him? Does your heart burn when you open the word of God?

I pray that we too can say, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”