Luke 24:17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast.
Jesus is the only one who can take us from “we had hoped” (v21) to “We have hope.” Already, on the road to Emmaus, and even before that, on the road to the cross, Jesus defies expectations. He is making a way where there is no way, and He is doing it in a way that is totally unexpected.
Luke 24:18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
But the Lord has been turning things on their heads for a very long time. Isaiah 55:8 says, “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts…And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.” When I see no way forward, God’s right there with His ways that are far beyond my imagination.
Luke 24:19 “What things?” he asked.“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.
Lord, There is so much grief and sadness in this world. There is so much pain and loss. Thank You for being the Light in the darkness, for making a way where there is no way, for seeing eternally, for taking us from “we had hoped” (v21) to “We have hope.” Help us to cling to You, to Your hope, even when we are struggling. Please, Jesus. Amen.
Luke 24:20-21 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.
Have a blessed day.