READ LUKE : 24:13-21
They are three of the darkest words in the New Testament. But because we know the end of the story . we often miss the darkness of them : "We had hoped"
Two sad disciples make up this scene of Luke's gospel. They are travelling away from Jerusalem toward Emmaus, away from the all discouragement and darkness of their failed expectations. Away from what they considered was Jesus failure. We had oped that he was the one to redeem Israel, they told the stranger who comes alongside unnoticed. Maybe they're thinking, "we had hoped He was the One to redeem us."
Jesus failed to meet their expectations . They wanted someone who would provide all the answers, not leave them with more and better questions. They expected someone who would conquer the Romans, not be :conquered" by the Romans. His mother ans brothers thought He was mad {mark 3:21}. The priests accused Him of being possessed (mark 3:22). many people who had placed their hopes in Him had come to the same conclusion that he was mad.
But Jesus doesn't forget. He searched and finds them with the truth , they fail to realize whom road. Even when He confronts then with the truth , they fail to realize whom they are walking with (Luk 24:25). But finally , in the ordinariness of a meal, Jesus opens their eyes when He breaks the bread.
If we're honest, we would all confess that there have been times when Jesus failed to meet our expectations, no because their anything lacking in him, but because our expectations are often wrong. At those dark movements we have the hope, not of finding, but of being found by Him. There is the possibility of having our eyes opened , when He enters in to the ordinary and mundane in our lives because He loves us.
Pastor.Pratheesh. M.Div,M.Th
Malaysia
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