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A while ago when I was on the road to my work, I saw a car in front of me with a license plate bordered, “Who said Jesus is not alive, I just talked to Him this morning”.  Recently, I saw the same sign again. I have to admit that sometimes I am forgetful. I smiled and thought this serves as a reminder to me that “Jesus is indeed resurrected and He lives among us.”

When Jesus appeared to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, the two disciples didn’t recognize Him initially (Luke 24:13-35). We can speculate reasons behind it. One reason could be the two disciples’ hearts were still troubled by what had happened in Jerusalem and therefore didn’t even think Jesus could have been raised. The second could be the resurrection body of Jesus has been very different from He used to be. Lastly, it could be a divine reason that their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. (Luke 24:16).

Regardless of any reason, their encounter with Jesus gave them a great opportunity to walk with and to talk to Jesus, personally. Before that, their knowledge about Jesus remains superficial and their expectation about Him is incorrect either. After their personal walk and talk with Jesus, Jesus opened their eyes and rekindled their fervent hearts. As a result, they changed their direction from Emmaus back to Jerusalem to inform other disciples, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” (Luke 24:34).

Apostle Paul in his letter to the brothers and sisters in Corinth indicated, “if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 若基督沒有復活，我們所傳的便是枉然，你們所信的也是枉然‧(1 Corinthians 15:14)” “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 基督若沒有復活，你們的信便是徒然‧你們仍在罪裡‧(1 Corinthians 15:17)”  This is certainly applies to us Christians today. We profess our belief in the power of resurrection and Christ has been raised because He had appeared to His disciples and more than 500 others (1 Corinthians 15:6).

My dear brothers and sisters, do we have the same enthusiasm as the two disciples, on the road to Emmaus, to give up our own directions for the sake of telling the good news? Also, do we realize that our Lord is still waiting for us to walk with and talk to us everyday? It is my prayer that everyday we talk to Him directly! May His resurrection power would change you from inside out!