In Luke 24, we read the story of the road to Emmaus. The experience of two disciples who were walking home to Emmaus after the crucifixion of Jesus. Cleopas and his friend were trying to understand what had happened following the crucifixion, then after – having heard reports that the body of Jesus was now missing. They were wrestling with all they had gone through and the apparent impossibility of an empty tomb.
As they walked and talked that they were joined by a stranger who asked what they were talking about. This stranger – the risen Lord himself – gave them the gift of telling them everything that was there concerning himself.
As He broke bread together with them that “their eyes were opened and they recognized him” (v. 31). Suddenly they understood why it was that, as He talked with them, they sensed something happening inside which they could only describe as their hearts burning within them. This experience is a deep inner knowing of the presence of God and the revelation of the truth about God. When our hearts are gripped by the truth about God, His Son Jesus and the Holy Spirit, we can never be the same again.