He Opened Their Minds

The disciples were still confused about Jesus and who He was.  Was He dead or was He alive?  Had someone moved His Body?  What really happened?  After the encounter on the Road to Emmaus they still could not figure it out.

Jesus, then, showed up where they were.  This confused them even more.  Was he a ghost? Were they hallucinating? He asks for some food and he eats it in front of them.  This helps some but it still did not clear things up for them.

Here's what finally cleared things up:

He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses,Prophets and the Psalms.” Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.” (Luke 24:44–47)   

Jesus "opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures".  Once this was done, they got it and they were changed. There are some things about God we can figure out and make some sense of but we will never understand the deeper spiritual realities until He opens our minds so that we might see them.

Today as you read the Scriptures, as you pray and as you live your life ask God to open your mind to understand the Word and the deeper truths that are all around us.  Ask Him to give you hears to hear and eyes to see.  I know that I am.